The other day, I saw a small blurb on a website about a girl who'd been abducted at age 2 in Tempe, only to be found 10 years later, alive and well. This interested me! I wanted to find out how this poor thing fared after 10 years of abduction. Would she be a street walker? One of the 15 wives of a church deacon in Colorado City? A strange hari-chrishna type character in a long white robe? I wanted to know more!
So, I googled her name to find the actual news article. Here's how it began:
Go ahead. Re-read that first sentence because I know it ain't makin' sense to you right now. That's right. Read it. Yep, you read it right: "Eight years ago a sweet toddler turned 11."
Now that's some good FREAKIN' journalism there!
Lookit -- I got my degree in journalism and even wrote for a newspaper for a few years and let me tell you something: This article SUCKS! Do they re-read this stuff? Is anyone in the office still sober? Is the editor porking the court reporter in the broom closet? What the hell has happened here? How did this article get through?
I might add that this was on a reputable website. Meanwhile, I can't get a content editor job to save my life and am finding it increasingly difficult to live off of $214 dollars per week (courtesy of our lovely gov't -- thanks guys!) Oh well, it could be worse: at least I don't have an 11-year-old toddler to feed!
2 comments:
I'm more concerned about the fact that she was stolen from her mother's heart. I have Jesus in my heart...I don't want anyone to steal Him!! :)
On Jerry Springer and Maury women are always saying that they stay with their man because "he is my heart." Clearly the mommy's husband left her because because he was not her heart...Rebecca was! It all makes perfect sense now.
The next time Gary turns down the air, just remember that he is your heart.
Post a Comment