Bad news
Some people seem to think that newspapers delight in publishing bad news. As an editor I admit that bad news, tragedy and conflict often help to sell papers. That says something about human beings, I think, rather than newspapers.
From a personal perspective I prefer to focus on the positive but unless you're colorblind or wearing rose-colored glasses the world necessarily appears in different hues. The "negative" stories need to be told as part of a balanced overview.
The stories that disturb me most involve assaults on children.
The Kalgoorlie Miner has this month reported a terrible case in which an immigrant father admitted to sexually assaulting his 13-year-old daughter 40 times.
I won't reprint the appalling details here.
I will say however that I received email contact this week from the victim's family overseas requesting copies of the reports. They thanked me with courtesy for providing the information in reply.
It was reassuring for me to know that people suffering indescribable pain appreciated the role of a newspaper in communicating such shocking information.
If society preferred to ignore that such things happen they would happen more often.
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Hello Michael.
It’s very late and I thought, hmm we’ll see what Mr Gorey is up to.
Well said. I get incredibly angry with people like this child’s father, unspeakably so that I have trouble communicating in simple words.
I don’t understand how it can happen, I really don’t. How can a father do anything bad to a child who should be cherished and protected? It’s just so terribly terribly wrong.
I often wonder how, in a world that is supposed to be advanced and intelligent as it is purported to be and how “evolved” we all are, that men like this can still commit such horrendous abuse.
I hope the child in question is strong and her father’s appendage rots and falls off.
I never question the existence of God, and trust that this man will pay for his crime in such a big way, but I do wonder why some people are created, if they will only cause misery and suffering.