Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Jacquielynn Floyd's outlook on murder

I wasn't aware that you could admit you were wrong for doing something, then admit you weren't going to change the next time you told a similar story.
Jacquielynn Floyd begins her article (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/jfloyd/stories/101607dnmetfloyd.341673a.html) concerning the death about Sarah Walker by saying she was wrong. It was blown out of proportion. We assumed too much. She referenced a "celebrity medical examiner," which left me wondering if you can get that inscription on a degree. But she didn't acknowledge that she would treat a similar story any differently come next time.
Unfortunately for those of us who want to see everyone included, we have to deal with around the clock news networks. The DMN is no exception a group that includes CNN 24 hour news, Fox News, and the rest. Everytime there is an attractive looking murder, at least in the eyes of the people telling the story, the story just won't end. We spent about two months talking to every single person involved in the Natalee Holloway case last year. How many murders were committed in the U.S. alone during that time? As I recall, nothing else mattered to newscasters during that time. My apologies go out to Natalee and her family, but no one deserves that much press coverage over anyone else.
So Floyd realizes that she was wrong. However, something makes me think that she has no problem getting it wrong again, all in the name of a "compelling" story.

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