The person who wrote this article starts a paragraph of “So the good news is”. They must have gotten their journalism degree at K-Mart. Do you think the parents of that child appreciate the Daily Times using the term “the good news is” with respect to their daughter RAPE?
So the good news is the security system worked, accomplishing what it is designed to do – it kept the alleged incident at the level of "attempted" rather than allowing the perpetrator to complete the act. It allowed school staff to rescue the victim and halt the assault in its tracks.
AMAZING don’t you think?
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ReplyDeleteYes it is kind of lacking in discernment. It would have been better to say the cameras were instrumental in keeping the level to attempted. I blame the editor.
ReplyDeleteIn this case the good news is that the security system worked and the attack was stopped. The bad news is that it happened at all. But no adult can control everything. I am pleased that it went no farther than it did.
ReplyDeleteIts the way a lot of clowns talk. I work with a lot of state employees based in Baltimore. Most are late 20 year old master level with no practical experience drones. They start almost every sentence with "So."
ReplyDeleteoh my. and the sad thing not only did someone write it, a couple of other someones approved it and ran it
ReplyDelete"..it kept the alleged incident at the level of "attempted" rather than allowing the perpetrator to complete the act.."
ReplyDeleteYeah boy, that's good news. So maybe she will only have nightmares for 10 or 20 years instead of the rest of her life.
It should not have happened AT ALL.
It is still trauma. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.
ReplyDeleteMany local newspaper reporters have no journalism backgrounds. They're hired if they can write a sentence, and not necessarily grammatically correct.
ReplyDeleteIm with you 4:14, if you havent been through it, you have no clue how bad it is after the fact.
ReplyDeleteSo the bad news is that the puppy mill story moved this to the back burner and nobody cares about it anymore....old news.
ReplyDeleteThis article in the daily times was not credited to an individual but was from the "editorial staff" who must include an entire group of morons. There was no "good news" for that young lady on that day and she will live with the horror of what did occur forever. The choice and approval of those words was completely insensitive and beyond stupid. The victim was the hero that day as she fought her attacker off for 10 minutes prior to receiving any assistance. The fact that survelliance cameras recorded the attack is something that I am sure anyone would agree will be instrumental in proving the case and the live feed did eventually bring someone to her rescue, thankfully. When "so called" journalists write about such a sensitive subject and a horrific crime they should choose their words carefully.
ReplyDeletebeat a dead horse to death much?
ReplyDeleteThat paragraph sounded lien it was written by a special ed ninth grader.
ReplyDeleteWhose the 9th grader?
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