Parade of Tortured Victims

The tragedy that happened at Virginia Tech leaves a deep scar across the heart of all Americans. That such a wide spread attack could happen in America should be an eye opener to all Americans who cherish the rights and freedoms that we hold so dear. Unfortunately the tragedy did not end when the trigger finger of the murderer stopped twitching. It continued with the media’s parade of victims, specialists, and analysts that blanketed the airwaves despite having nothing to report. Freedom of the press is a cherished American freedom. Unfortunately, it is so horribly abused; it becomes more of a disgrace. How a reporter can stand there and continue to ask the same convoluted questions over and over trying to get a different answer sickens me. The constant barrage was done for ratings and the opportunity to move to the network. The killer did not stop soon enough to suit me. He should have requested a few reporters first. That would be news worth watching.

I just happened to be in Pennsylvania yesterday morning so I was eating breakfast in the motel restaurant. So I was forced to endure the communist news network (CNN) and their reporter asking an eye witness again and again about what he saw. The poor kid was melting down on the TV and she stood there and pounded him with questions. She was waiting for him to start balling uncontrollably which made my blood boil. These poor kids have endured a massive tragedy in their homes. People they knew and places they spent class time in were violated by a demon (I cannot call the killer human, it would be too kind) masquerading as one of them. This reporter did not have the decency to respect those students and leave them alone. The public has a right to know. I’m sorry, but not at the expense of humiliating someone like that.

I realize why I do not watch any television news. It has gotten worse since stopped watching 15 years ago. It is alright to report on what happened but forcing the victims to speculate on what happened in a constant pounding of questions makes torturing terrorists seem like a day at the petting zoo. They rail against how our government treats known terrorists but they treat victims of real tragedies like they have just spit on Walter Cronkite. How dare they! We need the Constitutional right to freedom of the press to keep our politicians and government officials from spewing their stream of lies. Without the ability to root out those lies, we would be overwhelmed and our rights gone forever. But when the reporters become the actual instigators of torture, they have overstepped their bounds. Thank God for the off switch.

I not cool

Cobb