This is what passes for news these days

Not only does it focus on crime, but it allows you to watch it happen, sort of like a video game.


For example:

Mom's mission to stop hot car deaths

Watch robbers get a beat-down

Clerk shot in leg, but then ... 1:21

Man caught stealing WHAT in 2 min.? 1:24

 

 

Beloved police dog poisoned

This qualifies as the lowest common denominator in news. It provides no useful information and only serves to scare people of crimes--the kinds of crime they are least likely to be victimized by.