Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Is It Just Me …

 

Or are You equally offended by the facts stated in the following two newspaper articles?

Case One:

A child is kidnapped in Quebec and the body found this past September.

Rather than notify the parents – whom the Police knew were totally innocent of any wrong-doing – the Police delayed telling them about their find until just recently.

So the poor parents went over half a year not knowing the whereabouts of their child – and whether or not he was alive or dead.

Can you think of anything more humane?

The Police excused themselves by saying they withheld this information in order not to jeopardize their investigation.

Indeed.

The newspaper article rated a page six and 1 mere  paragraph in length.

Can you believe it?

 

Case Two:

In today’s paper, I found an article about a driver charged with Dangerous Driving – and oh yes – leaving the scene of an accident.

Again, it was down-played appearing in the Ottawa City Section rather than on the Front Page where it belonged.

This Fellow had killed a pedestrian who had the temerity of placing his hand on his sports car while walking past it.

To me, anytime you aim your car at someone and deliberately run them down – causing their death, it has a name – and it is not Dangerous Driving…

It is Murder.

What am I missing in these two cases that causes them to be handled in such a cavalier fashion, by both the Police and the Press?

As I see it..

‘K.D. Galagher’