Last night we turned on the 11:00 news to get an update on the weather. Every news channel was showing the exact same footage - a white Bentley involved in a slow-speed chase. No one knew who was in the car, but everyone was watching this car being pursued by police cars; the chase went on for about three hours, the telecast ended when the car came to a stop and was surrounded by police officers with their guns pulled.
We gave up on the weather and went to sleep. This morning, nothing in the news about what happened. It was important last night, but apparently not this morning. Then I looked the story up on the Internet. The poor man committed suicide, according to the news report because he was losing his business. And of course that isn't newsworthy.
I'm appalled that I was caught up, however unintentionally, in a man's tragedy, really only valued as entertainment. I will never allow myself to watch such a spectacle again. That poor man, dealing with his fear and misery under the watchful eyes of probably tens of thousands of people.
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