I was truly aggravated this evening to be shown over and over a sobbing relative of the military personnel lost in Iraq yesterday.
\nWhen did someone decide that it was appropriate to intrude on these people in their time of grief? What makes the TV stations feel that it’s NEWS to tightly focus on a woman who has just lost her son? Why do they send reporters out to stand on the lawn and comment on the serviceman’s home?
\nI just don’t understand this approach to news. I think it stinks! If they are newsworthy, then approach them in a few weeks, when they have had a chance to deal with the first rush of loss. Don’t push your way into their homes and harass them in the hope of raising your ratings. Both network news and local news ought to be more circumspect. We don’t need our newsrooms sinking to the level of a Jerry Springer show.
\nIf the families are newsworthy, give them time to grieve, and then make a podium available to them. Otherwise you’re exploiting them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was truly aggravated this evening to be shown over and over a sobbing relative of the military personnel lost in Iraq yesterday. When did someone decide that it was appropriate to intrude on these people in their time of … Continue reading