March 18th, 2005 at 08:45am Posted by Bill
While watching the news this morning, there was a story about a murder in Hillsboro, which was actually Hillsboro’s first murder of the year. Just reporting the story would not have been nearly sensationalistic enough, so the reporter opened the story by saying “There is a killer on the loose in Hillsboro!” He then went on to explain that the victim had been killed sometime between Tuesday and Thursday evening. Keep in mind that Hillsboro is a small bedroom community west of Beaverton, which is a largish suburb west of Portland.
So, a person was killed, possibly as far back as three days ago, in a metropolitan area with 2+ million people in it, and the reporter confidently (and ignorantly) asserts that the murderer is still wandering around the scene of the crime.
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1. rebecca marie | March 18th, 2005 at 9:50 am
“Breaking news! Clinical trials have shown that an item that you use, every day, and may even be using right now has been found to be deadly! Tune in to the eleven o’clock news to find out more! Thank you for watching the news channel that you trust for timely, accurate information.”
2. Robert | April 26th, 2005 at 4:58 pm
once every once in a while, i watch the local news too. there’s always something about a foreign study about food that lowers/increases ur chances of cancers. i think what they say on the news increases your chances for brain cancer, but lowers the chances of high ratings
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