You're suggesting the news not cover mass murders?
Hmmm..
Well, have you seen what passes for coverage on some of these local channels in LA or New York?
I stumbled onto one such story in New York where the reporter dug and dug until he could get a money shot of a relative breaking down. The story centered around him calling all sorts of relatives till one agreed to talk on camera and the reporter asked leading question after leading question till he got the Uncle upset and he broke.
IIRC the kid who got shot had fled from a scene where he attempted to mug/rob someone he was shot by a police officer. The reporter kept asking if the uncle thought it was fair that the kid was shot by a police officer while running away.
The morale of the story: most of these so called murder stories on the news are just a way for the News Shows to grab headlines and get people to watch, they will go through all kinds of bull crap making it all as big and bloody as they can and highlight relatives of the person shot and try and get emotional outbursts and such. Very little reporting of facts its all gorey, and tantalizing glitz!
Like the song sez:
We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
Its interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry
Don Henley nailed that one, no doubt!