Every morning while I get ready for work I listen to the news. Generally it is pretty well delivered as I live outside Philadelphia and big cities usually have better news delivery.
I think my station has hired a moron for a writer as the following was said a few minutes ago:
Police found a man dead in an apartment this morning. He was gagged and had a gunshot to the head. They believe he was murdered!
nah, I think he just gagged himself to look like he was murdered.
Last week they had this:
A man was killed after the motorcycle he was riding crashed on the Ben Franklin Bridge. He went over the railing falling 6 stories to the road below. He wasn't wearing a helmet!
Would wearing a helmet really have saved him in that situation?
I don't know what the news is like where you are, but these stories end up making me laugh, which is just wrong when someone has lost their life.
"It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!"Friedrich Nietzsche
the second one is just stupid, but there might be a reason for the first. a reporter can't say "this guy was murdered" unless the police have said "this guy was murdered." until it's official, reporters have to be very careful about what they say. it's likely the reporter figured he was killed, but is just being careful.
Stupid things said on the News
Posted - 09/12/2007 : 06:50:35 AM
