SOUTH CAROLINA GUNMAN

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/22/south.carolina.school.devices/index.html?npt=NP1

In this particular case, a young kid walks into his school in Conway, South Carolina where he proceeds to walk into the school police officer's office. After talking with him a little, the kid pulls out a gun on the police officer. The officer wrestles the kid to the ground and they fight over possession of the firearm. During this scuffle, the kid fires a shot, missing the officer, and hits the wall consequently resulting in shrapnel hitting the officer in the face. The officer finally gains possession of the firearm and detains the juvenile. The school is then evacuated, which then leads to school officials learning of potential bombs being present throughout the school. The police then called in the bomb squads and extra help to try and find these bombs, which later lead to them discovering several pipe bombs. Because of the discovery of these objects, the police then carried out a search warrant on the kids home where they discovered things that would be used to create a pipe bomb, backing up their previous discovery. Charges in this case have still yet to be determined, and the case is still open to investigation.
I found that this article was similar to the reading from last week in that it was another example of the media only broadcasting terrifying events. It was something serious enough that the news stations knew it would get some numbers, which most likely led to them reporting on this story.
In the development of this case, however, I feel as if the media will report on every negative thing they can find to try and persuade all of the listeners of a guilty verdict. Although the article provided every bit of information I needed to come to the conclusion that this kid was the one, and that he intended to cause lots of harm to his classmates, and other school memebers.
I also feel as if this case is one that is more entertaining to its viewers. People love seeing terrible events on the news, which go right along with what we have gone over in class, so I find that the news companies only posted it so they could get the numbers, which in turn would make them the money. I only wish I knew what many of these news companies were thinking, and I wish they would report on every situation of this magnitude no matter the circumstances.