I was some what disgusted yesterday when I logged on to a local TV station’s website and, of the five lead stories, three of them involved the death of someone, or multiple people. I know the old news motto “If it bleeds, it leads.” but this is rideculous. Are there no other stories they could feature? This is the Christmas season (don’t be upset I used the C word) there are many stories of good deeds that could have replaced one or all of those stories. A friend of mine used to work at a TV station in the area. She told me there were several mornings the anchors would gather around the wire machines waiting for stories. If there was not a death the would be upset.
I guess though we should also examine the fact they would not be showing these stories if we were not watching them.
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