The Horror!

Once again the media is giving universal coverage to one of today's most urgent stories------a shipment of 25-30 cats has arrived at a local animal shelter, from Wyoming County no less. The cats came from "deplorable' conditions, and many are sick, but recovering with the treatment they are currently receiving. I thought the local shelter routinely euthanized healthy but unwanted kittens and cats, so why import out-of-towners, most sickly at that. And why is it considered a news story, other than to advertise that the shelter has, or will soon have, a new load of cats for adoption. Who selects the stories, why do all the channels carry the same stories, and why are they aired several times a day? Would it be a terrible thing if a viewer saw the 25-cat story on Channel 6 at noon, and then tuned in to Channel 10 for the evening news and didn't see that they covered the cat story? Didn't anything else happen that day? And when the cats turn out to be unadoptable, and condemned to death, will all the networks simultaneously carry that news? I'll keep watch and be sure to blog the results.........