News Sources

I read the Daily Courier newspaper every day if I have time.  Sometimes it is the next day when I have to play catch up.  This is how I obtain my information on what is going on in the world.  One article by Dateline explained how they “tested” children to see if they would get in cars with strangers, along with seeing if driving aged children texted while driving when they said they didn’t.  Of course all of our worst scenarios played out when all of these tests proved to be our worst nightmare.  Of course they all went with strangers when promised an ice cream cone.  Of course they went along with the crowd when others did things.  And the worst is that they did text while driving.

Facebook posted the same story.  The story line was the same with little differences.  The thing I liked with the Facebook page were the comments on what parents do to keep their children safe. I honestly liked the newspaper article a bit better since it said the facts.  Facebook seems to go off a bit on everyone's ideas.  The story line was the same, but everyone's opinions tainted it a bit.

Another site I found was "Super Mommy...Not." Interesting view on the news item.  The writer touched on what Dateline was coming across with, but then didn't give as much information as the newspaper article.  She went on to discuss steps in protecting your child and ways for them to say no. She didn't base her ideas off of the Dateline study as much as "stranger danger" concepts.

On "the stir" website, she spoke like she was telling the story to a friend.  Of course they discuss the scary circumstances of Dateline and why you really don't want to watch what you see because it is frightening.  But, they tell the story as if you are an imbecile and not an adult reading the story.  

I still chose to read the paper or even watch the news on television.  They get to the point without sugar coating it and dragging out the facts.  Even though the paper seems to avoid certain topics or cut stories short, I still like to read the old fashioned newspaper.