The Local News: From Bad to Worse
By Jeralyn
Created 2006-05-30 11:00

By: Jeralyn Merritt [1]

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The Local News: From Bad to Worse

I don't often watch the local news at 10 p.m., but last night was an exception. It was like watching a television version of a tabloid. The top three stories on 9News [2], in graphic detail, were:
  • a search for a missing 8-year-old boy [3] who disappeared on a supervised school camping trip. Was it really necessary to mention he had ADD and his mother was a drug addict who had relinquished temporary custody of him to relatives? And to interview the poor mother on air? What did that add to the story?
  • a man from Texas under investigation for having 38 pit bulls in cages [4] on his property. One bit off a part of his finger.
  • a grandmother who works at the Jefferson County jail is arrested for keeping her grandson in a dog cage [5] for three years when she went to work.
Are we still in May sweeps or is this typical of our local evening news?
Source URL: http://www.5280.com/blogs/2006/05/30/local-news-bad-worse

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[1] http://www.5280.com/taxonomy/term/508
[2] http://9news.com/
[3] http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=820d502f-0abe-421a-01f2-29bafb9e9a58&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
[4] http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3878764
[5] http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=85971253-0abe-421a-0178-8a7b875e7e42&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf