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Cheerleaders Beat Classmate for 30 Minutes While Videorecording the Attack

by NotPhil | April 8, 2008 at 11:22 am

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Six teen girls lured a former friend to a home and ambushed her, taking turns pounding on her face and body for 30 minutes until she was unconscious as someone videotaped the violence ...

As the videotape rolled, a girl's voice is heard yelling "There is only 17 seconds left; make it good."Police said the girls wanted to post the video on YouTube and MySpace.

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Jarrett Martineau

at 11:53 on April 8th, 2008

Hi NotPhil, thanks for the post. This story belongs in the World channel, not Culture (which focuses on arts and entertainment news). Could you re-tag it accordingly? Thanks.

NotPhil

at 12:09 on April 8th, 2008

This story belongs in the World channel, not Culture (which focuses on arts and entertainment news).

Hi Jarrett.

I haven't posted here since you've changed the categories, but wouldn't it make more sense to rename "culture" to "entertainment," if that's what you're looking for in that category?

In any event, the girls videotaped the attack, hoping it would be a popular attraction on YouTube, so I think this is probably the best category for it. And I'm not sure I see how it qualifies as world news.