I really am interested in what is going on in Japan right now. After all, I spent two years of my life stationed aboard the USS Midway in Yokosuka. I'm reading the news every couple hours to try and keep up with the situation there, but every reporter in the world seems to work into their story that the death toll could go as high as 10,000. Doesn't matter what the story is about, they always refer to the predicted death toll. I read a story while ago that not only mentioned the death toll but did so in each of its five paragraghs. Reporters seem to think they have to beat us over the head with certain facts or we'll forget them. What makes them think that every piece they write has to contain some mention of how many are likely to die is beyond me.
I don't claim to be a writer; what I can tell you is this: when the information doesn't relate to the story, I don't see any purpose to working it in. The latest story I was reading was on the situation with the Fukushima Nuclear plant. Wouldn't you know, the second paragraph goes right into the predicted death toll from the tsunami and earth quake. Umm look, I wasn't reading the article to be reminded yet again how many people may have died, I was reading the article to find out how the efforts to cool the plant down were going and how much radiation was being leaked into the atmosphere!
The Drive-By Media is only concerned with the overall body count. If it bleeds, it leads. If the Japanese can actually stop the disaster, the networks won't have anything to report. In case you haven't noticed, since there is no 'new' catastrophe footage to show, gruesome details to give or new body count figures to tout, they've all gone back to telling us what Sheen did again today.
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