Filmmaker and producer of the upcoming Kermit Gosnell movie Phelim McAleer took to the streets recently to find out how the Kermit Gosnell story has penetrated into everyday citizens’ lives. He compares the average amount of information people have at hand about the highly sensationalized Jodi Arias trial with what people know about Kermit Gosnell, America’s most prolific serial killer. The results were as disappointing as you might expect.
The Foundry has an excellent write-up posted today. Here’s the most important excerpt.
Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013. Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor, was convicted on three counts of first-degree murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter on May 13, 2013, just five days after Arias. He’s suspected of killing thousands of babies over his 40 years in the abortion business.
Why had so many of McAleer’s interview subjects heard of Arias but not Gosnell, whom he calls “the most prolific serial killer in American history”?
Why indeed. Of course we all know the answer. As The Foundry’s Robert Bluey points out, one of the subjects in the video knows the answer too.
“That goes to show you that the media focuses on the trials they want us to be concerned about.”
Yep.