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America’s Child Death Shame - Social Media Responses
Here are the responses to a BBC investigation on child deaths in the US due to abuse and neglect.
 | America’s child death shame Every five hours a child dies from abuse or neglect in the US. The latest government figures show an estimated 1,770 children were killed as a result of maltreatment in 2009. A recent congressional report concludes the real number could be nearer 2,500. In fact, America has the worst child abuse record in the industrialised world. |
Responses on Twitter
| “ | A powerful story on a topic all too familiar in my region. Children killed by caregivers. http://t.co/KB9op244 Good job BBC. | |||
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| “ | Wake up #USGovt . Do we really want to be the leaders in #childabuse ? http://t.co/NyTBBPnt | |||
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| “ | Phenomenal expose on child abuse in America, key theme in my next film and what I worry about most these days http://t.co/cxufdaAU | |||
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| “ | Multimedia documentary on “America’s child death shame” http://t.co/0cfBppYi Well presented investigation of a story that needed telling. | |||
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| “ | Really nice example of layered storytelling. MT @Leimdorfer: Multimedia documentary on “America’s child death shame” http://t.co/Mgr8eSSn | |||
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| “ | BBC News - America’s child death shame http://t.co/EDnCr9UZ <— Very upsetting, but also an extremely important topic | |||
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| “ | http://t.co/Goi2jLcO - chilling read once again from the BBC. Why child-death is so high in the States. | |||
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| “ | America’s child death shame http://t.co/SzP92g2m The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children Dietrich Bonhoeffer | |||
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| “ | Oh, my word. The summary is shocking, the first-hand stories even more so. BBC News - America’s child death shame http://t.co/FrBT3cXF | |||
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| “ | While our media keeps up with the Kardashians, the BBC reports on the childhood abuse epidemic in our country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15288865 | |||
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| “ | Nicely done story presentation. Short, to the point and very touching: BBC News - America’s child death shame http://bbc.in/otblsj | |||
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| “ | This is not just a piece of statistics. BBC News - America’s child death shame http://t.co/U0IdKvmc | |||
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| “ | The shocking statistic that’s hard to swollow - BBC News - America’s child death shame http://t.co/C2KQI96D | |||
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| “ | Excellent reporting. Shocking figures. | America’s child death shame http://t.co/kPK3WQpX | |||
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| “ | American’s Child Death Shame http://t.co/qMBGOLlI This is an excellent presentation everyone should take the time to read. | |||
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| “ | BBC investigation on child abuse/death in U.S. Good use of online: http://t.co/1wUDWQMc via @franzstrasser #wjchat | |||
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| “ | You have to watch this, so very sad: BBC News - America’s child death shame http://t.co/wX5gQPkJ | |||
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| “ | The US has the worst child abuse record in the industrialized world. MUST READ REPORT: America’s child death shame http://t.co/XJoYAew7 | |||
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| “ | Bit of a shock to learn that US has the highest child abuse/death rates in the industrialized world! http://t.co/grMnVJuo | |||
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Web responses:
 | U.S.’s Child Abuse Worst in First World More than 20,000 American children are believed to have been killed in their own homes by family members in the last 10 years, nearly four times the number of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. A BBC investigation finds that the United States has the worst child-abuse record of all the industrialized nations. |
| Cada cinco horas muere un niño en EEUU por malos tratos Cada cinco horas muere un niño en Estados Unidos debido a malos tratos o negligencia. No son cifras del Tercer Mundo, tampoco de África, los grandes olvidados; son estadísticas de la principal superpotencia mundial, según denuncia un reportaje de investigación de BBC. Los datos gubernamentales sobre malos tratos infantiles reconocían… |
| US, capital of child abuse in the western world. : British Expat Discussion Forum So says the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15288865 and Texas seems to be the worst state. “Every five hours a child dies from… |
 | UrbanBaby - Article out today saying that the US has… - Talk Article out today saying that the US has the worst child abuse/ death rate in the industrialized world. http://www.bbc…. |
 | United States Of Child-Abuse - Blogger Help (Leave it to the Brits, via BBC, to tell us about this…) I remember reading that countries known for spanking (like the US, at least somewhat), for instance, tend to have a population with lower IQs on average. The authors of the spanking-study postulated that spanking actually led to lower IQ somehow in those who were spanked as kids. |
| BBC slams US record on child abuse - SLUniverse Forums I’ve always thought of not wanting to enforce laws against child abuse, as being one of those fringe right wing issues - at least it was, anywhere that I lived. The thinking seems to be that having some children die is an acceptable loss if it means the right of parents to use severe corporal and psychological punishment is protected. |
The number of people who are interested in child abuse I can count on one hand. The business of congress is business, its not children – and why is that? Well they can’t vote of course, they don’t talk they don’t have demonstration on the street, they are invisible…
Randy Burton, President of Justice for Children.
The BBC’s full investigative report at http://bbc.in/childdeathshame
Make sure you take a look at this today. An important story that needs to be told.
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