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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2006News Travesty [OT]
There was another chase filmed on Houston TV - a gunman had kidnapped a woman and her baby. You could see the gunman holding a shotgun out of the broken-out back windshield of the car. The woman opened the driver's door, and then slammed into the back of another vehicle and was either thrown out of the car of jumped out. Police ran up to the car firing into the car and killed the gunman (*WHILE* the 4-year-old was still in the car)! Very dramatic, the news services are all over it. What's a travesty was that the newspeople called the kidnapped woman's mother, had her *LIVE ON THE PHONE* on their newscast, and proceeded to tell her that her daughter and granddaughter had been kidnapped at gunpoint, were in an accident, and were in the hospital - but the *DIDN'T* tell her that they were alright until the very end of the conversation. They were garnering every drop of emotion they could out of the poor woman. This just makes me sick!  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > There was another chase filmed on Houston TV - a gunman had kidnapped a > woman and her baby. You could see the gunman holding a shotgun out of the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > This just makes me sick! At least they killed the b@stard thank god she is ok and the child there will be a media frenzy over this guaranteed > What's a travesty was that the newspeople called the kidnapped woman's > mother, had her *LIVE ON THE PHONE* on their newscast, and proceeded to tell [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > This just makes me sick! That's disgusting! I believe a boycott of that station would be in order. Along with a letter-writing campaign to the station and to their advertisers telling them why the boycott was happening. > > What's a travesty was that the newspeople called the kidnapped woman's > > mother, had her *LIVE ON THE PHONE* on their newscast, and proceeded to tell [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Along with a letter-writing campaign to the station and to their > advertisers telling them why the boycott was happening. And letters to the editors of any newspapers published locally. > There was another chase filmed on Houston TV - a gunman had kidnapped a > woman and her baby. You could see the gunman holding a shotgun out of the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > This just makes me sick! I'm very much opposed to a high percentage of lawsuits that are filed, but something like that sounds like grounds for a major lawsuit! That is outrageous! Joy Unfortunately, even in the UK, news is going that way. Give them a bereaved family, or one that does not know the fate of a loved one, and they are like dogs in heat (apologies to our canine friends, but you know what I mean). Every tragedy becomes a public event rather than a private one.It makes me cringe. sandra > Unfortunately, even in the UK, news is going that way. Give them a bereaved > family, or one that does not know the fate of a loved one, and they are like [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > sandra It seems to me it has gotten worse. About 50 years ago I took a journalism class and considered that as a career. Even then, there was the vulture aspect of asking people how they felt when they learned their loved one was killed or they watched their house burn. That's why I decided against journalism. At least then, they waited until people had been officially notified, rather than jumping the gun the way they seem to now. Joy > It seems to me it has gotten worse. About 50 years ago I took a journalism > class and considered that as a career. Even then, there was the vulture > aspect of asking people how they felt when they learned their loved one was > killed or they watched their house burn. That's why I decided against > journalism. At least then, they waited until people had been officially > notified, rather than jumping the gun the way they seem to now. Idiotic. First you say they're okay, THEN you say what happened. THere's plenty of juicy drama on TV of the fictional variety, where you can enjoy characters' emotions going through the wringer without being cruel to living people. I'm a writer, but I'd rather be unemployed than a sadist. --Fil At least then, they waited until people had been officially > notified, rather than jumping the gun the way they seem to now. > Joy Oh, they wait in this area. Last summer a park ranger was searched for by many, including volunteers from nearby cities, as he failed to reappear from an assignment which involved hiking from one precepice (sp?) to another in the Rockies. After a little over a week, his body was found far below the level he was navigating, and the fall killed him. A tragedy indeed, and many grieved for it. Today's major paper front-pages the gory details: blood loss, fatal skull fracture, how he must have wandered a little way and then finally collapsed either from loss of blood *or* confusion/unconciousness from head injury.....and died there, with his ranger radio beside him on ground. Now if this makes *me* cringe and wish the media had just left it alone (plenty of other news around here: murderers running loose, rapists the same, small-child-parent/killers still free as cops have and can't find body) just imagine how this young ranger's family feels today. My point: media did NOT have to stoop this low for front-page news today.
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