I just now stumbled across this article supplied by the NY Daily News. It's an article about how Matthew Hahn, a former Penn State football player, was harassing Rachel Uchitel, his ex wife. He said to her over the phone that she was satan right before she was going to get a brain surgery. That would be all well and good, if it was an article in the entertainment section. But nah, these guys think it's a top story. That goes against one of the main Elements of Journalism, they're making the interesting important rather than the important interesting, like how it should be. I don't care about these people in the article whatsoever, maybe for the lady cause her ex husband is a freakin' jerk, but what I care more about is people getting good news that will affect their lives. This story won't keep you from waking up in the morning, let me tell ya. Tears won't be rolling down your cheeks unless you have severe compassion for everyone, or if you have emotional issues.
http://nydn.us/1Jfqws1
Right above is the link, but I didn't need to tell you that, huh? Well anyway, I hope this was passable, and I don't know about how credible the rest of NY Daily News' stories are, but I know this story went against at least one element, and with journalism you really shouldn't neglect even one element or yardstick.
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