Hello all,
I am far from one to shy away from violence or gritty content, frankly I find it ridiculous when people call to complain about the amount of adult content in a tv program.
But tonight I was watching the local news on global (not my choice, I generally find local news ridiculous) and they were discussing the murder that took place in saddleridge this morning. While I find this extremely newsworthy, what really got my blood boiling was the footage of the mother absolutely losing her mind over the loss of her son. It was so disturbing to see her break down like that over what is obviously a tragedy.
What really grinds my gears is the camera man filming this and then global choosing to air it. This is private moment for the family and it nothing more than pure sensationalist garbage, a mother breaking down over the loss of her son is NOT NEWS. It's one thing if she consented to an interview, but this was the camera from a distance zooming in on this.
I am going to email a complaint to global, if anyone else saw this and feels the same way, I urge you to do the same, the only way we are going to get ACTUAL news, and not tabloid journalism if people stand up.
/rant
global's contact info:
globalnews.calg@globaltv.com