Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] More pathetic journalism Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 18:22:12 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <20240509175118.000013ea@example.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 00:22:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="454e9ebce3da8913e436d565cd0dadb4"; logging-data="967950"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+wU1xQ25khrxHA83XTQp9kPFcbehHiGeg=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:IE9dHsXPsA9ESVYVegkTzZtj4y8= In-Reply-To: <20240509175118.000013ea@example.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2240 On 5/9/2024 5:51 PM, Rhino wrote: > I just saw this in the newspaper from my hometown. This is the entire > article: > > =============================================================== > Missing Waterloo child has been found > > Waterloo regional police say a missing 11-year-old from Waterloo has > been found. > > No further details have been released. > =============================================================== > > Could the geniuses at the police not have added ONE word to indicate > the condition of the child? You know, a word like "alive" or "unharmed" > or even "injured but expected to recover"? If I were the family of this > kid and saw this I'd be distraught wonder whether the kid was alive or > dead at the very least. > > What is the matter with the journalists? Could they not pick up the > fucking phone, call the police, and ASK before publishing? They don't > need to identify the kid or give any details but just SAY if the kid is > alive or not? The family could potentially see this before the police > call and tormenting them with incomplete information is simply cruel - > and lazy beyond belief. Why do you assume family and friends weren't notified?