A New Rule ..on reporting the news... Rule Number One

[brewens]

1. If you look at news reporting compared to what it was

back in the 70's, it's totally different. Like when there is a missing kid or girl. We hear about everyone of them now. Is it really anymore common now? It sure seems like it but probably not so much.

It used to be your local paper in the northwest run an AP story about some kid missing in the south. Half-hour evening news broadcasts didn't have time for all of them. You'd eventually read about some of them if it was sensational enough but it wasn't 24/7 like today.

You also see about every report of a gun owner defending their home, usually accompanied by the claim that it wasn't reported in the media. If it wasn't reported in the media, how did the poster get ahold of it? Usually from the media link they include. They are just dissapointed that we weren't bombarded with an example of their favorite issue.