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breed, seem never to admit to bafflement when speaking to the press. They, too,
saw the Genovese case as having large-scale social significance. All used the word
apathy, which, it is interesting to note, had been in the headline of the Times' front-
page story, although they accounted for the apathy differently. One attributed it to
the effects of TV violence, another to repressed aggressiveness, but most impli-
cated the "depersonalization" of urban life with its "megalopolitan societies" and its
"alienation of the individual from the group." Even Rosenthal, the newsman who
first broke the story and who ultimately made it the subject of a book, subscribed
to the city-caused apathy theory.
Nobody can say why the 38 did not lift the phone while Miss Genovese was being
attacked, since they cannot say themselves. It can be assumed, however, that their
apathy was indeed one of the big-city variety. It is almost a matter of psychological
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