It is a standing joke in my family about me and the news… I don’t watch much, I catch a blip here and there on my home page in the morning and rely on mom and sister to keep me up to speed.  Reality denial so to say..

What about this question - How do you feel?

How many times have we seen news reporters asking this? During hurricanes, murders, car accidents and missing children cases? Shoving a microphone in the faces of those that are faced with tragedy?

How do you feel? First off, the reality of it is, most of the time they are reporting events as they happen, do they think they are getting an honest answer from those directly affected? These people are most likely still in shock, they are usually facing something beyond the scope that their brains can process at the time?  They haven’t had a chance to even gather their thoughts or emotions.

How do you feel? How do you think they feel, they are numb & confused - The Onion has a great story on King Tut.. how do you think he would feel to find all his possessions missing? Well, he’d be down right pissed off I am sure.. as I can’t imagine that many of these folks that have had the big bobble shoved in their faces by a pushy reporters.

I get it, I really do, they have a job to do, but can they do it with a little more tact?

Tags: reality, reporters