Media Milestones

Sometimes the media does not report what is important, but rather it tries to make something important by reporting it. There is nothing significant about the 1,000th execution since 1976 other than it is a round number. If the media thinks that round numbers are so important, they have missed many opportunities to mark the milestones we've reached in murder in this country since 1976. They could have given news coverage and a special profile on the life of the 1,000th murder victim since 1976, or the 2,000th, 3,000th, 4,000th, 10,000th, 15,000th, or 18,000th (all of which they could have done in 1976 alone) They could have highlighted the 20,000th, 30,000th, 50,000th and 100,000th as well. They could have informed us of the 200,000th, 300,000th, 400,000th or 500,000th victim since 1976 and the tragic circumstances of their untimely end. But instead we get a week or more of reporting on the sad tale of the 1000th murderer to be executed. Why is there so much attention and tears shed for murderers and so little for victims? It is a sad, crazy, mixed up world in which we live.