I was watching NWCN the other day when the announcer starting talking about another war cranking up in the Middle East. There was a picture of a missile striking a building somewhere.
[Yawn]
Not a big deal. Just a couple of hundred people killed. Mostly civilians. Lots of women and kids, as usual.
OK, so that took about 30 seconds to get out of the way. Then came the headliner. It seems that some poor doggie was trying to get through a crosswalk when he was hit by a car. And get this: The driver was too busy texting on his cell phone to even give a crap!
The second piece was about a minute long and featured close-up shots of the dog with its leg in a cast.
Awwwwwwww . . .
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So here's the News Perspective:
Children getting blown to bits by missiles = 20 seconds of coverage
Dog getting hit by a car and surviving = 1 minute
Who's watching this stuff again? Oh yeah.
–And these are the same people who say they're worried about global warming?
Good luck with that one, my friends. If you can figure out a way to tie global warming to this picture, then go for it.
Otherwise, forget about it.
No puppy, no story.
Period.
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