From the Editor's Computer
I am not someone who normally watches the news, though I have been the past few weeks to hear the weather forecast and follow the Mayerthorpe inquiry and events in Egypt.
Overall, I find the news broadcasts to be very discouraging. Not because it is predominately “bad news,” rather because so many of the stories are just plain asinine and not worth the airtime.
Some examples…
- a woman is extremely embarrassed and traumatized because she has to reveal to one airport security personnel a personal condition. I can tell you what her personal condition is (breast prosthesis) because she was so traumatized that she had to tell a stranger about the prosthesis that she told a news crew who broadcast the story to a multitude of strangers!
- Another woman had a poor customer service experience, and as she’s relating the story, mentions that she didn’t know she was traumatized by the encounter till she was told she was. If you have to be told you’re a victim, you probably aren’t one!
- Or the various stories about RCMP arrests. I personally believe that if you are innocent and have nothing to hide, your first reaction on seeing a cop is NOT to attack the cop, or flee on foot, or flee in a vehicle travelling at speeds in excess of the speed limit! I also don’t believe the RCMP should publicly apologize when they ticket or arrest someone they’ve caught breaking the law just because the family doesn’t believe their relative did it.
Beth
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