No. It's just the news cycle. People forget quickly. This is no more special than anything else.
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luigi was not on the news because he killed someone but because he caused the share price to drop. the share price has recovered since. as simple as that.
I heard he was being held in another castle.
He'll be back in the news when he goes to trial. He'll really be in the news if jury nullification happens.
Just so everyone is aware, if jury nullifies this trial we will see the Supreme Court decide that nullification is no longer legal and is a criminal offense.
That is where the country is right now.
I'm praying that it will either be jury nullification or a full-blown acquittal since I have some doubts that he is the one.
It would actually be better if it turned out he was actually innocent. It means the actual killer got away completely scot-free.
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Free Luigi. Patron saint of all of those denied for stupid reasons, including my friend who had to have his necrotic gallbladder removed last week, and one of those shitass insurance companies denied his hospital stay, because apparently your gallbladder should fall out of you itself or something.
This is kind of a disingenuous take. What do you expect the news to do? Every morning 1 hour of "We are still pre-trial, no new evidence..." What piece of news persists for months and months after it happens, especially something as "self contained" as a murder.
Why not? They did that for Hunter Biden's laptop.
And Hillary's emails, the 2020 election, the border "crisis" etc. They just keep shit on repeat until it its no longer useful
No election is standing on Luigi though.
"List of other people we think Luigi Mangione would like to kill" would be a good start.
You could probably start a tiktok trend if you make it cool enough.
Every day? You overestimate the attention span of the American public
US public also has goldfish memory. Its a wonder anyone bothers to even make new movies.
LOL largely we don't. Have you seen the amount of sequels / spinoffs in theaters?
Yeah, I had the same reaction over the summer when people rediscovered the 2016 lawsuit that accused Trump of raping a 13 year old. Everyone was like, "Why is no one covering this???" Because they did. Eight years ago. Nothing new happened, it just got picked up by social media again.
No, two weeks is our attention span and that’s stretching it.
Mine is about 5 minutes.
Mine is about
He got charged December 9, and lets be real, there were other orange skinned bits of news that the average asshole was more interested in then him by them.
Americans also have the memory of a goldfish, tbf. Look at who they elected president because they forgot how bad things were just 4 years prior.
Not a bright lot there in the states.
Sorry, I was distracted, can you say that again
Unfortunately, it's kinda just how our courts work. There really isn't anything "new" to talk about his case until his next trial date on February 17. Not that there aren't some conversations we all need to have about it, and how people feel about what he allegedly did. But right now everyone is distracted from that by the horse loose in the hospital. Hopefully at some point that trick stops working on us.
I mean, sure yeah. Also, though, most Americans are just dumb.
Why would he be in media when nothing is happening?
- Luigi mangione is gone from the Internet
- Posted on lemmy.world
My brother in christ your instance is part of the reason for that.
Dicks out for Luigi 🍆🫡
That's a parade I would join.
The next court date has been set for February 21.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/us/luigi-mangione-arraignment-new-york/index.html
As much as I'd like to believe it's a conspiracy, news organizations make money from clicks. There isn't much for them to monetize between now and February 21, so they're focusing on more immediate stuff.
If they can get good photos and text from the next court date, Luigi will get more coverage.
Edit: there have been like five plane crashes, one US inauguration, and major US wildfires since his last court date.
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News has always had a short attention span. I doubt that in this case it's in any way related to the specific events. It's just the usual.
You guys need a hero that doesn't suck. I mean he didn't even hit a real oligarch. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos don't give a fuck what happens to Brian Thompson. All the oligarchs were so scared of being branded as oligarchs that they responded by all getting together and having a public bukkake session with Trump as he eviscerates what little public healthcare system there is. The Christ meme is accurate - because worshipping him doesn't do shit.
Going after the bigger ones would have been harder. The impact of his success with Thompson might inspire further action, which wouldn’t have happened if he had tried and failed with Trump or Musk.
It’s kinda fascinating for years how “freedom of speech” online has given people free rein to talk about slaughtering queer people and women, but it’s the billionaire talk that gets moderated….
He (allegedly) didn't get the ones we all wanted but he showed people the path and that puts the shits up the rest of them!
What would the news headline be?
Luigi Still In Custody While Waiting For Hearing
or
Mangione's Attorneys Presumably Working Hard
or
Brian Thompson Still Dead
News doesn't tend to report when things are the same as they were yesterday. If his lawyers aren't talking to the press, and the prosecutors aren't talking to the press, and the trial won't start for another month, what exactly are the reporters going to report on?
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People have a stronger reaction to negative emotions, hence articles that promote fear or anger do better than ones that provide information only, or make people feel good. It's called the negativity bias, if you wanted more information, though it's not specific to news cycles.
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