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What do you mean by this (child gone missing)? You don't care about child kidnappers even though you could potentially see the child and alert someone? I can b

by jbjohns 18y ago

What do you mean by this (child gone missing)? You don't care about child kidnappers even though you could potentially see the child and alert someone? I can be pretty cold myself from time to time, but if that's what you mean that's pretty heartless.

brentr 18y ago
What I am trying to say is that these things are within the domain of local news. I have no problem with these things appearing within the local news. My problem is with the national news choosing one arbitrary murder to broadcast nationwide when these things are happening in communities all across the country everyday. It's sensationalism, nothing more.
- jbjohns 18y ago
  Ok, agreed. It was your "or any other state" that confused me (as in: "including mine").
electromagnetic 18y ago
I'm sorry, I'm in Canada and I have to suffer the crap that is American news, it even gets on the god damn news here. I even got news of several of the numerous school shootings on public news back in the UK. I'm sorry, but American kids shooting up American schools, isn't the concern of either a British or Canadian. Okay, 90% of child kidnapping directly involves someone in the family - first thing the police should do, hunt down everyone in the family haul them in and tell them it's a crime to leave the state without court permission. Then you've only got 1 out of 10 cases where the suspect isn't already in your custody! Those cases, I'll watch on the news; I don't care when some hillbilly family starts kidnapping each others kids.
- brentr 18y ago
  Thank you for your POV. Even though you are not in the US, it's nice to read the thoughts of someone else who shares this opinion. Perhaps if enough people shared this view and let it be known, the national news might report on something of substance.
  - Prrometheus 18y ago
    Old media companies will probably die before they change. Then new ones will take their place. Sometimes change must occur through economic selection.
    - electromagnetic 18y ago
      Agreed, look at the New York Times. It's currently on the verge of collapse and it's finally starting to realize this isn't the 1930's anymore and the web isn't just another place for people to read your newspaper. It appears they're beginning to get the point that it's the 21st century and you can do pretty much anything online. It's a shame it's taken the New York Times to get to the brink of destruction, but I believe almost every newspaper company is going to get to that point before they realize they need to change... just I think most won't adapt fast enough.
- jbjohns 18y ago
  I agree with all your points, the OP just had one sentence and I wasn't sure what was meant by it.

by jbjohns 18y ago

brentr 18y ago

What I am trying to say is that these things are within the domain of local news. I have no problem with these things appearing within the local news. My problem is with the national news choosing one arbitrary murder to broadcast nationwide when these things are happening in communities all across the country everyday. It's sensationalism, nothing more.

jbjohns 18y ago
Ok, agreed. It was your "or any other state" that confused me (as in: "including mine").

electromagnetic 18y ago

I'm sorry, I'm in Canada and I have to suffer the crap that is American news, it even gets on the god damn news here. I even got news of several of the numerous school shootings on public news back in the UK. I'm sorry, but American kids shooting up American schools, isn't the concern of either a British or Canadian. Okay, 90% of child kidnapping directly involves someone in the family - first thing the police should do, hunt down everyone in the family haul them in and tell them it's a crime to leave the state without court permission. Then you've only got 1 out of 10 cases where the suspect isn't already in your custody! Those cases, I'll watch on the news; I don't care when some hillbilly family starts kidnapping each others kids.

brentr 18y ago
Thank you for your POV. Even though you are not in the US, it's nice to read the thoughts of someone else who shares this opinion. Perhaps if enough people shared this view and let it be known, the national news might report on something of substance.
- Prrometheus 18y ago
  Old media companies will probably die before they change. Then new ones will take their place. Sometimes change must occur through economic selection.
  - electromagnetic 18y ago
    Agreed, look at the New York Times. It's currently on the verge of collapse and it's finally starting to realize this isn't the 1930's anymore and the web isn't just another place for people to read your newspaper. It appears they're beginning to get the point that it's the 21st century and you can do pretty much anything online. It's a shame it's taken the New York Times to get to the brink of destruction, but I believe almost every newspaper company is going to get to that point before they realize they need to change... just I think most won't adapt fast enough.
jbjohns 18y ago
I agree with all your points, the OP just had one sentence and I wasn't sure what was meant by it.