Enough with the car accident already!
diaryland entry 10:22 p.m. - 2005-08-11
Reason Number 37 To Hate Living In a Small Midwestern Town
A car rolled over on the freeway and hit a concrete overpass and 2 people were killed.
In an average city, that would be a minor news item on the day it happened and nothing more would be said. Not in Duluth. In Duluth, that story has been a top news item FOR A MONTH!!!! First they had to talk to all the family and friends. Then the pastor of the church they attended. Then the family again. Then full media coverage of the funeral. I swear, the death of the pope and the London bombings combined didn't get as much air time as this one stinking car crash.
It seems really insensitive of me, but I'm sick of hearing about it. I felt bad for the family the first 2 days. After a month of this story, I just want to scream, "I get it! They're dead! Let's move on to a real news story now!"
Tonight they weredoing a news story about how this horrible tragedy could cause a rise in suicide rates in the area. First of all, there is no evidence of that. And if there are more suicides, maybe those people killed themselves not because of the car crash, but because the media coverage of it was a constant reminder that they live in a stinking hellhole of Midwestern suburbia, where something as mundane as a car accident can be top news for a month.
Have I mentioned that I hate this city?
Alana
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