Originally Posted by
Stuart
That is the reality of reporting, and it bothers me as well. I once got into an argument with my cousin about the gangs here in Denver not being nearly as bad as the gangs in the midwest. He said something like, "Oh yeah? Well I was watching Gandland and they had a show about Denver gangs and said that they were one of the worst!"
[Bang]
I told him, "That's because no television program in the history of television is ever going to say, "Tonight, we're going to highlight a situation that is only of little to moderate severity compared to its counterparts in other parts of the country.'"
Makes people start to tune out the media when every single topic is THE MOST IMPORTANT EVER!