Coverage of Violent Event

One aspect of the news is coverage of violent events, because apparently that’s what people want to hear about, and broadcast news uses the same formula to cover those types of stories. I watched all the local newscasts for another class and found that the violence that takes place in Saint Louis is reported in the same fashion as a thunderstorm. It was weird when I first thought about it because homicide and crimes like that are serious and affect entire families, but the news covers it like it’s normal. Just because crimes like these happen more than they should, which is never, it doesn’t need to be presented to us without any kind of emotion. It’s not that I think the anchors and reporters don’t care, there human of course they care, but I think its become the norm to present the news in the same way regardless of the story.