Mar 22 2024 - What makes you stop and read the story
I was searching for a follow-up to time crystals soI see dozens of headlines. Some start with "the truth about" and others say "see what s/he looks like now" and others warn of "Putin..." doing something that will start a war.
This one repeated itself everywhere. It is one of those headlines that works. We want to know what the story could be about - a father and son...calling the police...about the son's homework.
Isn't that a tantalizing headline! What could make a person "repeatedly" call 911 over homework? Is the son a shooter and about to attack a local school? Is the son disturbed and about to do self-harm? Has the son discovered something that can harm the world? Is it a tragedy or a triumph?
But no. It is one of those filler stories. What a disappointment. It is a man calling the school 19 times in less than an hour saying his son was getting too much homework, and then calling the police and then 911. "According to a police report sent to TODAY.com by the Oxford Police Department in Ohio, on Feb. 29, Adam Sizemore “repeatedly” called Kramer Elementary School in Oxford “because his son gets homework which takes away from the time he has with him after school.”
It must have been a slow news day - it is in headlines in news feeds all over the U.S. - U.S. News & World Report, Reddit, Yahoo News, Kansas City Star, etc, etc.
Lesson learned. There are worse things. There are fake stories that gullible news outlets have picked up and published. For example the headline : Planet Nibiru is headed straight for Earth. And that was followed by Hillary Clinton believes in the "Nibiru apocalypse" or that "Pope Frances endorsed President Trump" - these are all stories from 2016.
So I guess this is a minor moment in over-reporting, best left behind.
Isn't this a pleasant image. It is a testament to good instruction - I am taking a watercolour class and we get simple exercises each week. Everything looks great. Who would guess I can't draw!
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