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Originally Posted by Tervuren
I mean, if I watch the news how often is there a good story vs bad?
They love to report on the rare, it sells.
The commonplace, unreported.
Watching the news skews perception to a world filled with uncommon events and the good life all around becomes absent.
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Same to tornado reporting. The crew will find the perfect angle for the reporter to stand in front of one mobile home that was not even anchored down and is torn up.
I was a news photographer at one fire years ago. The TV crew ran up to some guy watching his home burn down knowing his pets were likely trapped inside. They stuck the microphone in his face and asked "how does that make you feel?" the guy said several words I can't type on this site, and punched the reporter hard in his face and asked him how does that make you feel you expletive. The cops just laughed.