I always find myself a bit entertained by the fact that there are still people who are offended by sensational journalism. It’s nothing new, it will never change. In any big tornado event the media will always find that one person who says it hit without warning and the media will run with it, it brings in the ratings and gets people talking about them. This very thread shows that they won by their sensational headlines, it got you guys talking about them. It’s win/win for them.
I give two shits about what the media says, because I worked in that industy and I know that it’s all about what’s good for business and bringing in the raitings. If their sesnational headline offends people, they still win because it gets people like you talking about them. It draws them attention.
When people stop giving a crap about what they say and ignore their sensation headlines and no longer pay attention to them and their ratings drop, then they might change. But with how people in this country are, I find that to be a very very long time before that even happens.
But by all means, if you want to dwell over this and lose sleep over it than go for it. That's the attention they want. NBC Nightly News scored a point and won because of this very post, because it got you talking about them. Bravo for taking the bait and giving them exactly what they were fishing for.