ESSAY
"Religious Rescue"

Categories

Stephanie Chang

March 18, 2003

National

Media

Religion

Media manipulation

Social determinism

Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"In the midst of war announcements and a continuation of disagreements within every political and public faction in the world, a bit of good news was splashed across front pages less than a week ago.  Elizabeth Smart, now age 15, has been rescued and returned to her family after being kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home nine months ago in June of 2002....
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So it seems rather ironic now that Ed Smart, caring and fatherly, who has consistently insisted on revealing little detail and attention on Elizabeth’s well-being and present state, is in the midst of considering numerous offers to turn Elizabeth’s ordeal into a movie or film.  Make the best of despair, right?"

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