Reporters

I've always felt that it took more to be a reporter than just being able to write. I think most news reporters, also have to lose their soul to some extent. The reason I say this, is because some reporters will go to any extreme to get their story. I also, don't like how they try to make the criminal out to be a victim. We've all seen it before in movies as well as our regular news. How a reporter will yell to the police officer and ask him was brute force really necessary to bring in the killer. They start spouting off how the criminal has rights and deserves due process. The problem I have with that, is once a person decides to take another person's life in their hands and then kills them. I feel they have lost all their rights to due process and a fair treatment. What angers me so much is the bleeding heart reporters so concerned about the health and safety of the killer, rapist, etc. but is less concerned about the victim and their rights. Why have we become a society of people, reporters, that show little to no compassion for the victims. I guess the death of a child, or the destruction of a woman's life that has been raped is less important in a reporter's eyes than making a criminal famous. I feel that a lot of criminals know that if they do something spectacularly cruel or disgusting to their victims, they will reach popularity in the eyes of reporters faster. I mean how many people know about Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz "Son of Sam", Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, Ted Kaczynski "The Unabomber", and so many more that we learned about. But how about the families that were tortured, and killed? We only hear them mentioned briefly as an afterthought while the reporter is discussing the famous killers. I just find it sad that our society is more interested in murder and mayhem, than we are in happiness, love, compassion, and devotion to others.