f@3cking press
Shortstripper, a number of years back my kid brother was attacked and murdered in a bar.
The local press got it spot on. The regionals were sloppy. The nationals were truly shocking in their ineptitude and sensationalising what was a terrible event.
Bad news sells and titilates. The closer you are to where it happened the more local people actually know what happened and the more accountable the local journo has to be when they bump into me in the street. The further away the less people know and care about exactly what happened. It is simply another story to gossip about.
Jurno's have deadlines and requirements for column inches. Accuracy and truth comes behind both of those.
The Wombat