Sweet Jesus...Why The Hell is our media so obsessed with the Escaped Killers?

[busterbrown]

I mean really, The same loops will now permeate our airways every 45 seconds, Klint Vant Zant or whatever the hell his name is and other so called crime experts will be interviewed for the next 5 hrs, giving us info that each one of us could assume as well.. The whole freaking thing is a mess and a waste of time, except for the fact that warnings of there whereabouts are important for the locals..

In the end I must assume that MSM thinks we are a country of idiots who are titillated by crime..especially when it’s live.. I wonder if Ads.. become more expensive to run during these events.

[Nye Bevan]

1. Because it's like a movie, it's easy to understand, and if it bleeds it leads.

Forunately in 2015 you don't need the MSM to get your news and analysis.

[MADem]

22. +1. nt

[steve2470]

35. you nailed it nt

[HFRN]

2. because the Kardashians are on break? nt

[arcane1]

3. It's made for tv drama.

The same reason people slow down to look at car wrecks.

[Sunlei]

4. because couple hundred police can't wait for the prey to be cornered.

[NCLefty]

5. Seriously... I woke up and wanted to hear about SCOTUS, CNN/MSNBC are all, "Escaped convict!!!"

/selfish mode off

[Liberal Veteran]

6. If it bleeds....it leads. -nt

[kairos12]

40. ...and if it thinks it stinks.

[cwydro]

7. Sorry, I am frequently out in the country,

and escaped convicts do concern me. No doubt they concern others of us who don't live in condos. apartments or gated communities. Believe me, if someone escapes from a prison near you...you will be interested.

Plus, escaped convict stories are pure Americana.

I suggest these for your viewing pleasure: Cool Hand Luke, Con Air, Escape From Alcatraz, Papillion, Shawshank Redemption.

[busterbrown]

12. No I’m not interested at all..

I live in N.Y. State and couldn’t care less.. I have a better chance of winning a million dollar lottery then running into these two!

Do you know that violent crime is down extensively from the good ole days of the 50s..Its the media covering every damn crime story every damn hr. every damn day.. Fear, Fear, Fear.. Republican politicians thrive on fear.. Look at freaking Trump.

[cwydro]

13. Well, they've killed the one

and will capture the other.

Good to know.

Sorry about your disappointment with CNN. I do understand that lol!

[Live and Learn]

36. +1 nt

[PRB]

8. The media often sucks

and people are also rubberneckers, TV watchers, etc., but don't you think this is important from a crime standpoint? You even said that locals should be concerned. What if these killers, like the ones in New York, cross state lines? What if they travel hundreds of miles? Then, that area becomes the local area and everyone is in potential danger. The media can be quite vapid and low, but reporting on practical matters of crime where people are in danger is one area where they do have it right.

[samsingh]

9. because they are escaped killers and they are on the loose and a threat

[neverforget]

10. to those in that area of New York, not the entire country.

[busterbrown]

15. Oh for God’s sakes..

The chances are slim that because one lives in N.Y. State they might be considered in danger.. Believe me if you do live in N.Y. you probably have a better chance being hit by a car than meeting up with these 2.. Fear, Fear Fear...We are fed a steady diet of fear everyday 24/7...

[neverforget]

27. Did I say that at all? I'm talking about news coverage.

I live in Oregon. It doesn't affect me one bit yet MSNBC is wall to wall with it. It's a local news story not a national one.

[kairos12]

41. Agree. Fear is projected everywhere. I get tired of the home alarm company ads.

The Captain Crunch people are eating is a more dangerous threat.

[Retrograde]

23. The Retrograde Theory of News Importance

The closer a news story is to or affects Manhattan (The Center of the Universe (tm)) the more coverage it gets. That's why the MSM - including Maddow, unfortunately - fixates on things like escaped killers, bridge scandals, and the bloviating Trump bid for publicity.

[Iliyah]

11. To aviod positive rulings and an emotional funeral

corporate media at its best.

[cwydro]

14. The funeral was covered extensively.

So you can pack up that nonsense and leave with it.

[Iliyah]

17. No I am not and I stand by my above statement

[cwydro]

24. Wow. Guess we see what we want.

I watched the president deliver the eulogy.

I watched him sing Amazing Grace.

I've seen umpteen replays of this.

Maybe you need a new provider?

[busterbrown]

25. So what’s your point?

MSM should not be questioned?

[cwydro]

26. Huh?

Um, let me take this more slowly for you.

I was annoyed because I could not find coverage of the terrorist attacks in Tunisia. I was annoyed because I could not find coverage of the latest SCOTUS ruling.

The funeral, and its coverage were on for quite some time.

Go find someone else to fight with.

[busterbrown]

29. “To avoid positive rulings and....."

You just gave her a lot of crap for saying the exact thing you’re saying...That mainstream media covers crap, rather than important news stories..like Tunisia and Important Rulings..

Don’t get your anger and sarcastic replies you dished out..

[cwydro]

32. I have no idea what you are talking about lol.

All that you want to watch on any of the silly MSM channels is right there for you to watch.

Maybe try DVR?

Works for me.

[busterbrown]

20. Exactly..!!

By the way..

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/06/11/12170947-fbi-violent-crime-rates-in-the-us-drop-approach-historic-lows?lite

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. i'm glad they were on the other side of the country./NT

[AngryAmish]

18. New York is where the media is.

[KamaAina]

33. But most NYC people don't give a fig about upstate.

Except for where their weekend place is.

[jwirr]

19. I suspect that they think the east coast is interested.

[Rex]

21. SO they don't have to talk about the burning chruches set ablaze by racist terrorists?

Would be my guess, they have to keep their narrative at all costs. Paychecks depend on it!

[RKP5637]

28. It's all about $$$$$'s. They will air anything that might attract viewers and hence revenue.

Think of them as vampires for $$$$$'s.

[Warpy]

30. The media gave up on informing any one a few decades ago

when just six huge conglomerates bought it all up, from films to TV to radio to newspapers. Once it was all nicely consolidated away from any independence of thought, they started to move from one Shiny Thing to another.

If we didn't have one more garden variety murderer on the loose in the woods, they'd probably be blabbing endlessly about some chicken brained Kardashian.

They're fucking useless. Just turn them off. I did.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. It is an easy story to tell

but they should, and this is a design feature, not a bug. be able to go from this to the other two major stories of the day.

They used to.

[KamaAina]

34. 'Cause it's been such a slow news day otherwise.

[SoCalDem]

37. Because the peeples are askeerd

and love the drama of the hunt..even though it's costing their tax dollars $21M so far..

It's easy to follow reality-tv//bad guys runnin'...cops chasin'......bang bang..

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

38. Whether it's the escaped killers or something else

the national media tends to glom onto one story and cover it constantly, ignoring almost everything else happening in the world. I felt the same way about that lady with the NAACP who pretended to be black. It was interesting to me for a couple of hours but not for day-after-day-after-day. This is not true journalism to me.

[kairos12]

39. Reminds me of shark week prior to 9/11.

[Jamaal510]

42. Yet another opportunity to channel surf/turn the TV off.

If there's one thing I dislike about TV news, it's the tendency to milk one major story. I'm not interested in hearing about the same stories repeatedly.

[Stardust]

43. Because they are hoping for a shoot-out with all kinds of carnage, and stuff. nt