11 people, including 3-year-old, shot at South Side park

A 3-year-old shot in the face:

 

In the face!!

 

So, why doesn't this generate more of a response here, and/or wall-to-wall cable coverage?

Not enough fatalities?
A shooting in Chicago is a "dog bites man" story?
Potential embarrassment for the President?
An unwillingness to delve into the societal problems in the community where this happened?
Non-white victims?

 

As of 10:43 a.m. Eastern, it is the top story on Google News.

 

Yes, but The Media isn't covering it. You don't know where that came from. You only know it wasn't from The Media.

 

Can't find it on the Times front page.

And, a local Reverend is worried that the incident is being minimized because the victims are urban African-Americans.

 

You think Lupica will get a front page story in the Daily News tomorrow about this shooting?

 

Washington Post's site has a small link to an AP article, half way down the page, among a list of "More Headlines".

 

This is definitely what I think it is. Before Obama's presidency, shootings in the inner-city of Chicago and other big cities typically led the national newscasts.

 

You're supposed to head to a doctor if your erection lasts more than four hours, not to SportsJournalists.com.

 

One overlooked, huge reason that I believe these stories don't get covered as much as the events would seem to merit: The people affected are not usually big newspaper buyers or news consumers in general. I probably know 1,000 or more people who live in Chicago. Back of the Yards might as well be the Third World for them. Covering it extensively would be as sound of a business decision as covering, as part of the daily news report, the goings on of a village in tribal Africa.