Original sentence: There is more interest among Western cultures in news coverage regarding missing or murdered caucasian or "white" women and girls, especially blondes, while cases involving missing men, non-caucasian women, older or unattractive caucasian women, or other news stories receive disproportionately less airtime.This may be due to perceived innocence and purity, and these women representing a certain widely held ideal which when threatened is disturbing even to people of other races
Edited sentence: There is a perception among the Western public that excessive news coverage is devoted to specific missing or murdered caucasian or "white" women and girls, especially blondes, while cases involving missing men, non-caucasian women, older or unattractive caucasian women, or other news stories receive disproportionately less airtime