Media coverage of missing kids varies

NEW YORK, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A Texas woman whose toddler son disappeared in February said she is frustrated by the lack of news coverage her son's case is receiving.

Joshua Davis's mother, Sabrina Benitez, told CBS News "it kind of makes me mad that, eight months later into the case, we're barely getting national media coverage."

Texas police launched a massive search for the 18-month-old after he disappeared from his crib. He has yet to be found despite the offer of a $20,000 reward.

Joshua Davis is one of thousands of children reported missing each year but only a select few receive the heightened level of media coverage that missing Missouri infant Lisa Irwin is getting, CBS reported.

Lisa disappeared from her crib a week ago.

Marc Klaas, president of KlaasKids Foundation, who appeared on the "Early Show" agreed with co-host Erica Hill that racial bias is a factor in coverage of missing children cases.

"There are other kinds of biases as well," Klaas said. "There's an age bias -- certainly the younger kids get more attention than the older kids -- and a gender bias. You see more attention being paid to girls than you do to boys."