Eleven woman died mysteriously in Cleveland, OH. Twenty people watched a gang rape and did nothing in California. The dead body of a girl who was missing was finally found in a landfill in Georgia. Another missing girl in Cole County, Missouri, was found dead with a teenage girl as a suspect. I can give you more crime news to fill the list. These are just a few that stick in my mind. I'm pretty sure a lot more crimes happened within the past 3 weeks in the U.S. The latest is a family of six arrested in a child sexual abuse case in Missouri. Our newsroom received a very detailed report from the attorney that includes the victim's testimony and all. I read it. It grossed me out.
One thing that those crime stories have in common is there's a human culprit behind all that. A criminal who intentionally performed a wrongdoing. A human being with a heart of a beast.
Another thing that those stories have in common: they make me weak. Stories that reveal how savage and barbaric human beings can be. They make me lose faith in human beings. They make me sad.
Those stories make me tremble and unleash my negative outlook towards life. In another word, they depress me.
Working in TV news is a challenge, that's what they always say. The multitasking skill, the stress factor, the team work skill, the flexibility, the multimedia skill, and so on. But no one has ever warned me about what a 24/7 exposure of news can do to you. And of course it's natural that bad news stays longer in your mind than the good ones.
But really, I need to figure out how to deal with all the news that breaks my heart. I don't want to die young.
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