Ringside Seat: Lawmaker unfairly attacked after son’s arrest

[TexasTowelie]

Sometimes the holes in a news story are so big they go unnoticed.

That’s what happened last week with the reporting about a terrible and senseless crime in New Mexico.

Every story, including one television station’s account that dripped with venom, identified a suspect in a deadly drive-by shooting in Albuquerque as the 18-year-old son of state Rep. Stephanie Maez.

Not one news report mentioned the teenager’s father. It was as though Rep. Maez alone was solely responsible for her son Donovan’s existence.

Pregnancy and parenthood involve two people. Yet in this case, the focus of the news coverage was entirely on a young mother.

Read more: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/local_columns/ringside-seat-lawmaker-unfairly-attacked-after-son-s-arrest/article_9d846f0b-1dd4-5794-8e36-9d7a5ebd263a.html

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1. "Not one news report mentioned the teenager’s father"

Neither does your linked article other than to say he wasn't mentioned.
Watching & reading the news I did wonder where he was, why he wasn't mentioned.

Rep. Stephanie Maez cried on camera about what a tough life her son has had,
while the boy he's accused of murdering is dead and buried in a grave.

What role, if any, did the father play in the boy's life? Did he pay child support?
Did he share custody?

If he's been absent all these years, then mentioning him to absolve Rep. Stephanie Maez
of any parental responsibility ....
well, what was the point?