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Mike

Mike

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Why do they feel the need to write the sordid details
of crime?

Here in the UK, there has been a spate of sticking drugs,
via a needle into young nightclubbers, mainly women,
this is a terrible thing to do to anybody, but it is worse
for the news broadcasters to broadcast the details for
some other nutcase to see and copy.

This morning on BBC Radio 5Live, they spent over one
hour interviewing victims and parents of victims and
asking for the details about how it was done, the one
asking the questions sounded as if she was getting a kick
out of the whole sorry affair.

They have a right to report the news, but they also have
have a right to protect the population from something
that they are promoting by the sheer strength of their
reporting.

Mike,
 

They have always been told to be on their guard when
in night clubs, spiked drinks have always been a problem,
but sticking a needle into an unwary person is new and
bad, if a hand comes through a crowd and sticks someone,
there is no evidence as to who it was.

Night clubs are allegedly full of CCTV cameras to try and
catch drug dealers, so there is some protection, up to a
point.

Broadcasting the details is wrong in my eyes, but maybe
I am too old and stupid to see that the young actually
accept these things.

Mike.
 

They can report the crime, I see no problem with the Alligatorob, it is
the telling about how to do the crime, the fine details that I see no point
in reporting, giving the method is not on.

Mike.
 
Well I believe all public awareness is great, regardless where it comes from. You do not have to watch it, more than one channel in the UK :) Another thing, when a fire is reported, it is very helpful to the public to know how it happened. For example, many people do not realise how dangerous lithium batteries are if charging overnight. They find out the hard way, so knowledge can save lives.
 
I agree. Reporting what happened is one thing. Sensational BS is another. Maybe today's youth are so dense that they need these minor details to understand what the story is saying.
 
I have seen a "feeding frenzy" of reporters. A co-worker got drunk, and killed the other driver in a car accident. Reporters were camped out on his door, they kept ringing the doorbell. Every time he opened the door 20 microphones were in his face, with people screaming questions, some were deliberately trying to provoke him. This was big news in a small town. It went on for days. So do I think some reporters go way overboard to sensationalize a story-OH YEAH. But I think telling why and how a crime was committed, is not a "how to", but a need to know.. It doesn't do much good to cry "scam", and not detail how the scam was done, so it could be avoided.
 
I am all for an open and free news. Is any of the news managed. Maybe. It almost has to be. National new other than
CNN is reported on a timely basis but usually s pot reporting or a news program that runs only thirty minutes so
somebody has to say what gets on and what gets left off. By and large I think the news is about as good as we can get
in a divided society.
 
Al Jazeera has curtailed most of their drum beating, now has lots of news on third world countries (they don't know their third world countries)
and world news as good or better the BBC Worldwide program.
I do not know enough about these nations to determine if Al Jazeera is pumping out fake news or not:cautious:
 
Documentary of closure of GM Lordstown plant in Ohio in 2019, GM built the Chevy Cruze at this site,

Documentary concerns were loss of 1500 jobs, without ample warning-and the economic destruction of
communities and people.
The workers asked, what can we do-move?
This was an important story for all America, you remember it-No Murder, Rape, and crazed people were on the news stations menu.
 
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Mike said:
Why do they feel the need to write the sordid details
of crime?

Here in the UK, there has been a spate of sticking drugs,
via a needle into young nightclubbers, mainly women,
this is a terrible thing to do to anybody, but it is worse
for the news broadcasters to broadcast the details for
some other nutcase to see and copy.

This morning on BBC Radio 5Live, they spent over one
hour interviewing victims and parents of victims and
asking for the details about how it was done, the one
asking the questions sounded as if she was getting a kick
out of the whole sorry affair.

They have a right to report the news, but they also have
have a right to protect the population from something
that they are promoting by the sheer strength of their
reporting.

Mike,
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I agree totally Mike! I am always thinking the same thing when I see some of our news stories here. Some sickos are also watching and then going to do it to someone. I'm thinking "don't give them any ideas, they are already unhinged!"
 
Ruthanne said:
I agree totally Mike! I am always thinking the same thing when I see some of our news stories here. Some sickos are also watching and then going to do it to someone. I'm thinking "don't give them any ideas, they are already unhinged!"
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New stories like that attract readers. The # of readers sells ads. It is all about $$.
 

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