Did it receive 1% of the attention that abuse scandals in the Catholic Church received? Did it even receive as much attention as Canada's nonexistent unmarked mass graves?
Did it receive 1% of the attention that abuse scandals in the Catholic Church received? Did it even receive as much attention as Canada's nonexistent unmarked mass graves?
In the UK? Yes, it did receive a lot of coverage. I don't know a single person who hasn't heard about Rotherham. I bet most don't know about the Canadian graves - that story was not covered extensively here.
But even thinking of it as "Rotherham" is an issue. It's NOT a Rotherham issue, it's a nationwide issue and it's a cultural issue in the Pakistani-British community. They really underplayed just how nationwide the issue was. Basically every town and city in the north of England has had a similar scandal now.
My question would be whether the entire set of victims of grooming gangs put together received as much attention as the Gisele Pelicot story, to which I suspect the answer is no.
In the American media? No. But Americans not being especially interested in foreign news stories more than 10 years ago before тАЬcommentariat globalisationтАЭ isnтАЩt such a surprise.
Did it receive 1% of the attention that abuse scandals in the Catholic Church received? Did it even receive as much attention as Canada's nonexistent unmarked mass graves?
In the UK? Yes, it did receive a lot of coverage. I don't know a single person who hasn't heard about Rotherham. I bet most don't know about the Canadian graves - that story was not covered extensively here.
But even thinking of it as "Rotherham" is an issue. It's NOT a Rotherham issue, it's a nationwide issue and it's a cultural issue in the Pakistani-British community. They really underplayed just how nationwide the issue was. Basically every town and city in the north of England has had a similar scandal now.
The burden of proof that it is widespread is on you.
I mean... how many do you want? The phenomenon is documented in dozens of cities. About 20 have had Wikipedia pages created.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keighley_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_child_sex_abuse_ring
Wiki articles aren't proof. Anything can be written into a wiki article.
Only five of those are towns or cities in the north of England.
My question would be whether the entire set of victims of grooming gangs put together received as much attention as the Gisele Pelicot story, to which I suspect the answer is no.
In the American media? No. But Americans not being especially interested in foreign news stories more than 10 years ago before тАЬcommentariat globalisationтАЭ isnтАЩt such a surprise.