Why doesn't the WaPo ever run a frontpage piece on the effect of DAILY violence on inner city kids?

There is a good article on the frontpage of the Washington Post about the effects recent major violent tragedies have had on (re: suburban) kids in the region. The tragedies in question are Columbine, 9/11, the sniper shootings, Iraq war, and now the VT shootings. My problem is not with the article itself. My problem is where is the Washington Post when there are children for whom such violence is not just an academic occurrence viewed through a television screen every few years but rather a daily event that they view through the lens of their own eyes? There are children who are subjected to seeing such violence everyday--especially in parts of Washington, D.C. As Mario Cuomo often says, many children in such areas grow up familiar with the sound of gunfire before they have ever heard an orchestra play! Why is there no discussion on the cost and consequences to society of the disorientation of such kids? Are they deemed to be less valuable by the so-called "liberal media"? Is it because of some sort of fatalism about conditions in some urban areas? A combination of both?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/22/AR2007042201562.html?nav=rss_email/components

Here is an illustrative excerpt:

==Several child psychologists said that children might, for a time, worry about being alone, be afraid to go to school, fear the dark or feel concern for their parents' safety. Children with anxiety, depression or other problems might be more deeply affected, said therapist Britt H. Rathbone, whose Rockville practice treats teenagers.

There is almost certainly a cumulative effect of so many horrific incidents, said Katherine S. Newman, a Princeton University sociologist who wrote the book "Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings."==

Yes, and multiply this numerous times on a regular basis for some children living in our urban areas... :(

...unlike the random acts of the deranged, which cannot be controlled for, at least with our present level of knowlege of the human mind and its' sometimes strange workings. We could actually change the Third World conditions in our inner-cities with a "New Deal" type plan of public works and jobs and enough teachers, health care, etc.

But that would require $$ and political will, and besides, silly, those are just minority kids anyway, and we need them to fuel the prison-industrial complex we've built.

I've read them.

In a similar line they did a story about one of the new players on the Redskins who grew up in violent projects and whose sister was raped and murdered and his mother a drug addict.