Local TV news sucks, part 4

May 4th, 2005 at 03:08pm Posted by Bill

I was watching a news report recently about the tragic death of a 17-year old girl from Salem. Apparently, her boyfriend lost control of his car while they were on the way to the prom, and the crash injured him and killed her.

A reporter was “on the scene” at the high school Monday talking to kids as they left school, to get their reactions. One of the students said something like “Yeah, it’s tragic that she died so young. Everyone here is really sad today, and we’re all going to miss her. I didn’t know her personally. I don’t think I ever even talked to her or anything.”

They couldn’t actually talk to someone who actually knew her? Instead, just throw the first person you see who looks kinda sad in front of the camera? Better yet, why not report the death, then just leave all the friends and relatives alone and let them grieve?

‘Cause that doesn’t bring in the ratings, that’s why.

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