> This article is manipulating you more than the duck rescue articles. > Duck rescue stories have existed for as long as the media has. They are light feel-goo

> This article is manipulating you more than the duck rescue articles. > Duck rescue stories have existed for as long as the media has. They are light feel-good stories often tacked on to the end of news broadcasts or space filler for newspapers.... > They do not appear in response to anything. They appear because ducklings always fall into storm drains.... > Anyone who thinks there is a coordinated campaign by police PR departments all over the country to improve their image after an incident of police brutality is an actual, literal, idiot. > This is older than time itself, and a global phenomenon. The GP shouldn't be flagged. They're absolutely correct, and that the fact their comment got flagged reflects poorly on HN. These stories are probably even more commonly written about firefighters than police, and a lot are even written about regular citizens: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34628962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34628962. If these stories are police PR meant to distract from police brutality, why write more of them about firefighters, city workers, kids, and other people?