irrelevant ranting

The world has become so depressing that I dred watching the news. Thanks to Mr. Miller I get to watch it every other night. But that doesn't stop me from dreading it, the terrifying clips and stories are overwhelmingly sad to any person with a heart. in the last two weeks Louisville has had a minimum of two shootings. the most widespread being the kroger shooting and the most recent was this morning when a jcps student was shot in the arm while getting on the bus. Limited information has been released about the events of this morning. However, WHAS11 has diligently covered the kroger shooting on their website. As much as I hate the story I am very glad that WHAS11 is keeping myself and the citizens of Louisville well informed. The website currently has stories with voices from multiple officials, regular updates on the victims and the shooter's case. This ties into WHAS11's obligation to give the citizens of Louisville an accurate explanation. According to the yardst

Democracy is the foundation of our government. The process heavily relies on civic duty, people need to vote in order to honor this system.  In recent years number of voters seems to be on a downward trend. We can't expect change if we don't vote. WHAS11 is doing something about this with their Voter Voices campaign. The videos show a person standing in a poll both as they describe why they think voting is important. These videos are very encouraging as the people range in age, gender, and ethnicity.  Going back to our class discussion about the elements and yardsticks it is important for the news to encourage the public to participate in forum as much as they can. its understood that the forum element of good journalism is about encouraging the public to discuss the news but this loosely falls along those lines.  Much like the spike in registration after Taylor Swift's encouragement on Instagram, WHAS11 is a source that people trust. The public trusts WHAS11 enough to