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Runaway bride proves we're doomed |
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covered.. yes.. but like the runaway bride? |
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05/01/2005 |
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...but I am fascinated by the story. Why did she do it? Is her family or is she going to pay for the cost of looking for her? Is she going to be charged with anything?
Now, I'm not saying that is should be the lead in every newcast across the country. In fact the other two stations in our market led with it, and we confined it to the second block yesterday.
As for 2001:
It took 911 to wake people up about terrorism. If we were covering the threat of terrorism in the summer of 2001, no one would have cared. It's that "it can't happen to me attitude". Ask yourself this...How many stories about how vulnerable our ports are have you seen in the last few years? Has there been an outcry about it? Has anything changed?
BTW, I have seen a lot of other issues covered recently...social security, Iraq attacks...etc. I guess you are not watching the same newcasts as I am.
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WacoWX says:
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I'm sure we're seeing many of the same shows..
the point I'm making is that this runaway bride story has had far more attention the past few days than many other important stories.. like Iraq, N. Korea, social security.. etc.
By the way, why are you facinated by this story? She got cold feet. It happens everyday. So what?
I was only interested when it appeared she was missing under unusual circumstances. If she had really been kidnapped, someone might have seen her picture on television and called it in. Once she was found safe, the story was over for me.
I don't care if she's put on trial and sent to prison. That's a story for local folks to cover in her hometown, not for people across the country to waste their time on.
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