EDITORIALIST'S PET PEEVE
I wrote a followup to an editorial I had written a while back called “THE PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO KNOW.” (feel free to read the post, though it is not necessary). I allowed one of my contributors to read the piece I wrote. It was about a man whose body was lying in the middle of the street and the young lady accused of killing him. I did a walk through of the case and outlined specific events in the case. I named a few people including the dead person and the person who allegedly found his body. What my contributor focused on was the fact that I did not name the young lady that ran the body over. Considering everything else in the article, this was a miner detail at best. I kept hearing the high-pitched squeelly voice of Nancy Grace screaming “OH MY GOD, HE DIDN”T PUT HER NAME IN THE ARTICLE! What I did put in it was a boatload of imformation that indicates a thorough investigation was not done, also, that the young ladies constitutional rights may have been violated by allowing third party involvement. You get the point.
What I can’t understand in today’s society is this. Why do we focus on one miner detail of a story when there is much more important issues at hand? Have we become that much of a sensationalist society that details are no longer important? I believe we as people have an obligation to pay attention to important details of issues that surround us. If we paid better attention to important details in the months and years leading up to 9\11 we might have been able to prevent it.
This sensationalist attitude comes from the media. They show everything in a ridiculous light. They beat every news event, every story, every uttering form actors, politicians and ahletes like it is the most profound thing ever said or done. They pay no attention to the important details. Most of these people don’t have the IQ god gave sperm! There isn’t anything real about their lives or what they stand for. It is all media hype and it creates what I encountered with my contributor this morning. She paid homage to a missing miner detail and completely disregarded everything else. Its disturbing.
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as that contributor you refer to I did not point out the name lacking of the driver because it was an important missing piece.
I did so because you repeated another name over and over in a sense out of spite because you feel she has more to do with it than anyone will ever know.But now if it ever turns out that she had nothing what s ever to do with it all that you said would be depiration of character and they would have every right to go after you for it.
I don’t want to keep going over this it is in everyones best interst to just let it go.
First of all. nothing I said can possibly be construed as defamation of character. I did not accues her of anything. I simply pointed out that she was never questioned and her car was not looked at. Which is the absolute truth. ask her. I did not use her name for spite. She was the one who discovered the body; allegedly. It is a fact of the case. I don’t want to keep re-hashing it either, but you need to get your facts straight. Sooner or later everything will come out and everyone can judge for themselves.
what if I tell you that she was questioned and her car was looked at .
I have that on very reliable source who was there when it took place.
they found no damage or any marking of any kind so maybe you should look into the facts a little better.
I will not name my source but perhaps they would be willing to tell you personally.
that is why i have been kind of defending her.
did you honestly think she was not questioned.
I also know that the police came to speak to her at work one day when i was leaving..
Yet, it took how long for you to reveal that, not to mention the fact, she says they didn’t question her or look at her car. I,m not saying she did anything, I hope my suspicions are wrong. There are still things you are not aware of. As far as the police coming to talk to her, they were supposed to come and talk to me to, and never showed. We weren’t there, but I did get a phone call from her when she got home, and when someone calls to find out how far someone else is behind them, something is up! Add to that the second call at 5:00am, it raises suspicion. Because you don’t make that kind of an accusation based on a news report. I believe Dan Rather did that and what happened? she went trough a ton of trouble to try to convince me, and then kept changing her story and trying to blame other people when I wouldn’t bite. If you want to defend her that’s entirely up to you. If I may make a suggestion, get her talking about Jenn going to jail and look at the gleam in her eyes and the grin on her face.
I do not think she is happy about jen going to jail .
no one is ..and will it was not my place to talk about the police questioning her that is why i did not bring it up sooner.
you can even ask our bosses they know she was questioned and her car was looked at. they can get more into detail if they choose.
again i am not defending anyone the whole nightmare is aweful and should never have happend but it did.
now i hope you and i can move passed it.
i made Indian chicken i will bring you some in tomorrow morning till then
i am done with this topic.
I know what I see everytime she talks about. That’s why I don’t talk to her about it. Something else happened. I’m not sying because of her, something just doesn’t feel right: when you consider the big picture.
And you still didn’t comment about what the jist of my editorial was about!
AS you know, I do love the Indian Chicken, thanks
ok my comment is sometimes in life it is the little details that make up the big picture.
people should not dwell on them just simply be aware of them.
you never know how inportant one little detail may turn out to be.
as for the media yes they will stretch the teuth or embellish on facts but that is to make the story mor interesting.
who wants to read that john doe went into a bank and shot bob.
they want details true or otherwise.
its just a story it is just wrong when that story effects so many other lives in the process.
on that note this chapter has ended…
Yes Kathy you are correct about the little things in life. However, leaving a name out of a story is all about the media. How many reporters leave out there sources when telling a story. Names mean nothing when it comes to the press. Reporters are constantly changing names so that no one can get into trouble or that they do not reveal a source. So it is my opinion that names are no big deal
First of all, I’m happy to note you addressed a different aspect of my post. second, The news media’s job is to report the story fairly and impartially, not what we’ve seen the Times do. It is not their job to make a news item “more interesting”, the story is what it is, no more than that, no less than that. To make it more or less is not fair or impartial.
On a personal note Why did Jon Doe shoot Bob? Bob was a good dude!
because bob stole a pack of his favorite gum and it was the last pack.
but jon already had a bad day since he went to an atm and could not get out his last twenty bucks because the jerk infront of him jammed the dumb thing.
then he was cut off in traffic by a bus load of nuns.
so when he got the bank and seen bob he snapped.
by the way bush was in the back round speaking that made jon flip his wig…….
good gum is hard to come by.
I guess it all falls on bush, in more ways than one
I posted my latest “Masterpiece” on a site that shares its advertising revenue with its contributors. One of the things that is “frowned” upon is cutting and pasteing articles on this particular site. I understand why it could be a problem, however, I made it abundantly clear the article came from my website and I wrote it. Still some “person” decided to comment on the fact that I paste-ed the aricle instead of critiquing the articl itself. Again, why do we focus on MINER details?
People focus on minor details, when the big details are covered and they cannot focus on anything but little things. basically what I am saying is when people cover their butts and little things are the only thing to focus on then that is what they will focus on. small minds see small pictures. Big minds see the big picture.
as far as Pres. Bush, Yes he unfortunately is going to get blamed for everything. I guess that comes with the territory of being a president though.
Lets hope the American people see past that in the next Presidential election.