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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.

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?

The world needs more Luigis

They can’t demonize Luigi, so they’re trying to erase him. The media is seeing the limitations of their power against popular anger. They have to be terrified.

Meanwhile, the guy who actually shot the CEO is probably living off the grid in a cabin somewhere.

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.

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.

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.

Billionaires own all the media so it's not surprising.

You should label your images if they are AI generated.

He'll be back in the news when he goes to trial. He'll really be in the news if jury nullification happens.

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.

Dicks out for Luigi 🍆🫡

Free Luigi!

I heard he was being held in another castle.

No, two weeks is our attention span and that’s stretching it.

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.

I mean also people get bored and this was never going to spark some kind of revolution like people here imagined. It’s just the media moving in the newest thing like they always do.

Medias are afraid of getting Luigi'd