So, this morning I’m watching one of the morning talk shows and my local news station interrupts with a breaking news story.

To paraphrase: “There has been a shooting in the parking lot at the Barnstable Courthouse. That’s all the details we have and we’ll bring you more news as we find it out.”

Uh, excuse me?? WHY? You gave NO information. If I had a relative working in the courthouse, or someone who was driving by that area, etc., I’m be a nervous wreck at that point.

They interrupt to give you a half-assed news story lacking any depth, so they can say, “we brought it to you first.” Hoo ha. Yippee.

They did it weeks ago when they interrupted to say there had been a shooting at a school, but had no more details. If I were a parent in that school district, a relative of a teachers, etc, I’d have been going bonkers.

Must the media ignore human emotions for ratings? What happened to what I learned about journalism in school — WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND WHY.