Outside Example and Chermak Reading

When watching movies and TV shows one thing you always notice is that police and news reporters don't ever get along and they are try to keep stuff from leaking out to the news reporters. In the Chermak reading, that wasn't the case at all. He mentions that the police are the primary source used by the media and that the information provided is partial to their own interest and particular to their own version of the crime. He also mentions that not all reporters will publish what the police want them to publish because it could effect their reputation or news paper. I find these facts fascinating because I always assumed police hated all sorts of reporters and that reporters would do anything to get a story published because any news is great news to them. After reading this article, I was watching Nancy Grace on TV she was reporting on 3-year-old Missouri girl who vanished while riding her pink bicycle with training wheels. Also, about 3 and a half year old boy vanishes in Oswego Ill from his home while his entire family was home. Children missing, rapped, or killed will always be on the top of the news list, like Chermak ties to explain in his reading. Crime news is among the most popular topics for both the media and the public and for  it to make it newsworthy there has to be a plug, a twist, or a lead. You would rarely see crime media on someone stealing a car because it isn't fascinating to the public unless its was a recurring event that need to be addressed to the public.