The Nov. 3 article about how hard Lori Loughlin’s prison sentence will be (“Lori Loughlin’s tough start at Calif. prison: COVID-19 quarantine, no visits, cheap hygiene products”) should have focused more on how her crime affected people, not how difficult it will be for her to be in prison. When the college bribery scandal happened in 2019, most of the coverage focused on which celebrities were involved, how much money they forked out to get their children into those colleges, and the guy who was in charge of faking the children’s admissions.
Instead, coverage should have talked about how, when they bribed their way into these elite schools, they were taking the spot from someone who was qualified. The students who were not admitted worked for years trying to get the best grades, have the most extracurricular activities and be the most well-rounded student possible, only to have their spot taken away by someone who bribed their way past SAT and ACT scores, grades and even sports scholarships. Loughlin bribed USC to let her daughters become recruits on the rowing team, taking away valuable spots other students had probably worked a long time to get the opportunity to have.
White-collar crime news needs to focus more on how the victims are affected, and in this case, who the victims even are.
Danika Jackson, Wilsonville
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