Enough Already!
Someone needs to tell the media that their job is to report the news and to do so with objectivity. Not keep hammering away at an incident, track anyone within 10 miles of said incident and then play video tape over and over again that is far from newsworthy.
I am speaking of course of the incident at Virginia Tech. Yes it was horrible. Yes there are interesting questions about that two hour or so gap between the first shooting and the massacre that followed. Of course people want to know why. And oh yeah there will be lawsuits to follow I am certain.
But as a family is frantic wanting to know if their child is all right. As the parents and family of the criminal are horrified that one of their own could do such a thing. As people begin to grieve... What they do not need is 24/7 in-your-face-twits of media people crawling all over the town and the campus, sticking a microphone in the face of whomever they meet. They do not need to see a madman ranting over and over on TV.
As a person who has lost someone suddenly I know first hand that the smallest thing can bring the grief roaring back full force. That you struggle to breathe in those first few days. If I had had to deal with a flock of ravens (reporters) trying to pick over the bones of my personal tragedy I would have been called a madwoman. I would have lost it.
Signs began to pop up on campus as the students tried to return to their routines. These signs said it all: Media Go Home
I am speaking of course of the incident at Virginia Tech. Yes it was horrible. Yes there are interesting questions about that two hour or so gap between the first shooting and the massacre that followed. Of course people want to know why. And oh yeah there will be lawsuits to follow I am certain.
But as a family is frantic wanting to know if their child is all right. As the parents and family of the criminal are horrified that one of their own could do such a thing. As people begin to grieve... What they do not need is 24/7 in-your-face-twits of media people crawling all over the town and the campus, sticking a microphone in the face of whomever they meet. They do not need to see a madman ranting over and over on TV.
As a person who has lost someone suddenly I know first hand that the smallest thing can bring the grief roaring back full force. That you struggle to breathe in those first few days. If I had had to deal with a flock of ravens (reporters) trying to pick over the bones of my personal tragedy I would have been called a madwoman. I would have lost it.
Signs began to pop up on campus as the students tried to return to their routines. These signs said it all: Media Go Home
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