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<blockquote data-quote="cjyoung1" data-source="post: 1828054" data-attributes="member: 2327"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I saw this article about an hour before I read this thread. It did upset me, for more then one reason. </span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I am good friends with a journalist and learned quite a bit from her, and this article is just poor journalism. I am from the Detroit area and it makes Detroit look even worse, and it paints roll players in a bad light.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">In the first paragraph of the article, the color of his fingernails and that he is into “medieval fantasy games’ is totally irrelevant information. It has nothing to do with the crime and is just a hobby of the criminal. The more relevant information is that the person was being bullied over the last couple of months, found in the fourth paragraph. This is the why of the crime, the how has to do with he works in a metal shop and was able to fashion his weapon. Why was this not questioned? That would be slightly suspicious to me.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I despise this form of sensationalistic reporting. I did write a letter to the Detroit Free Press in regards to this, explaining why I felt that it was bad reporting - including the above facts.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You've got to love the American Press. If it's a slow news day - you've gotta liven it up somehow.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cjyoung1, post: 1828054, member: 2327"] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]I saw this article about an hour before I read this thread. It did upset me, for more then one reason. [/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]I am good friends with a journalist and learned quite a bit from her, and this article is just poor journalism. I am from the Detroit area and it makes Detroit look even worse, and it paints roll players in a bad light.[/font][/size] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]In the first paragraph of the article, the color of his fingernails and that he is into “medieval fantasy games’ is totally irrelevant information. It has nothing to do with the crime and is just a hobby of the criminal. The more relevant information is that the person was being bullied over the last couple of months, found in the fourth paragraph. This is the why of the crime, the how has to do with he works in a metal shop and was able to fashion his weapon. Why was this not questioned? That would be slightly suspicious to me. I despise this form of sensationalistic reporting. I did write a letter to the Detroit Free Press in regards to this, explaining why I felt that it was bad reporting - including the above facts. You've got to love the American Press. If it's a slow news day - you've gotta liven it up somehow.[/font][/size] [/QUOTE]
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