“The entire border is a carpet of human remains.” For the last couple of years, I’ve been reaching out to people who use Facebook to track down loved ones who disappeared crossing the desert. Most don’t want to talk to a reporter. This case was different.https://www.revealnews.org/article/lost-on-the-border-a-decade-later-a-man-finds-his-fathers-remains-on-facebook/ …
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The story I posted about Eliseo Cárdenas Zetina/Los Armadillos focused on the way people use Facebook as a community news service for those searching for and finding loved ones lost on the border. Too many readers, who I assume didn’t actually read the story, missed that.
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Everyday people, wholly unaffiliated with the state or the media, organically created a loose but vibrant community news service on Facebook. Media are always wondering what FB means for the future of news. But few pay enough attention to vulnerable communities to find out.
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There’ve been a few pieces. Not near enough. We allow thousands to die alone in the sun. It is an atrocity we have constructed out of racism and hatred of immigrants. Thank you for talking about this immense sadness. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kpbs.org/news/2016/dec/15/death-border-search-group-encounter-rising-risks/%3famp=amp … https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/13/us/california-border-deaths.html …
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