Is this really news worthy?

[Sagegrad]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,561720,00.html?test=latestnews

Honestly, does this really merit a mention in the national news? - Is there seriously nothing going on in the world that could be covered besides this?

Is this good or bad coverage for our difficult child's? What's everyone's opinion?

 

[DammitJanet]

That does seem to be a bit of a fluff story. I think we have more important things to cover. I guess the parents can put it in his baby book as the first time (maybe?) that he got in the newspaper...lol.

 

[tiredmommy]

Being devil's advocate here.... if we expect the news to report and alert us when teachers/administrators step out of bounds with students shouldn't it be reasonable to expect that it would be reported when a student's actions harm a teacher? The student's name wasn't released so his identity is protected and (a big plus to me) is that the student was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation rather than the incident being treated as a behavior issue only.

 

[Star*]

That story bites.

 

[witzend]

I don't actually consider anythng that is covered by Fox "News" to be "news" in the generally accepted use of the word. Propaganda is the better descriptor of what they report.

 

[KTMom91]

I'd like to know how old the child is. And what led up to the incident. If we're talking kindergarten/first grade, it's more realistic (and less newsworthy) than if he/she is in fifth/sixth grade.

From the information printed, it's a big so what.