Just Enough, or a Little Too Much? - a Response to Emma Hayes's Blog Entry, "WHAS11 Reported Kroger Shooting Well"

Emma's article, "WHAS11 reported Kroger shooting well," mentions their accuracy of informing the public about the recent and random shooting. I also watched this channel at this time and I too completely agree with the fact that they gave the public this information with surprising accuracy, not leaving a single detail out. 

However, did they give just enough information, or a little too much? Well, technically when it comes to informing the public you cannot exactly provide too much information, but when there are almost no news stories other than this it seems that there should be a limit. I can honestly say that there is no possible way that there was almost only a single news story to report. 

While the Kroger shooting was extremely important breaking news, it may not have been necessary to make eleven of the total fifteen stories included in the broadcast about this particular situation. I am not saying that the story did not deserve attention, but it almost seemed as if the story was smothered on the 5:00 PM broadcast.

-Guinn