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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 10:03 AM Apr 2013

I know many here are not fond of law enforcement people, but [View all]

I have a LOT of sympathy for them.

They are besieged by the swarm of media that simply cannot take "later" or "stay back" seriously.

I know that media's job is to cover what's happening, but what we have here is little more than a voyeuristic game of cat and mouse, and at a time when the law enforcement people are trying to capture a dangerous person (and perhaps disrupt a true terror cell)..

The breathless "BREAKING NEWS" scenario, often consists of saying stuff that is recanted 30 minutes later....and repeating endlessly what is already known, followed by re-asking the same questions when they do get a chance to ask questions.

Their abundant attendance/intrusion only adds to the responsibilities of the police, etc.

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