Stupid news reporting

[pptpe45]

A recent news article about a guy who took a vehicle without authorization and when the police tried to pull him over, he decided to try and out-run them. He ended up rolling the car multiple times and he was ejected and died. Nothing new except the paper reporting this story finished with this, "While not all collisions are survivable, appropriate seat belt use can considerably raise the odds of survival by dispersing the forces across the body’s strong bones. Speed increases the forces and thus the severity of an accident. Please be a responsible driver or passenger and buckle up every time you ride." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This idiot was breaking the law and the writer/paper thinks he was concerned about putting on a seat belt? Guys, if it is just me who is looking at this wrong, please flame me and let me know if I am, but this seems like one of the stupidist paragraphs put in a story I have ever read.

 

[Abby Normal]

What paper was that? The Times-Pickyournose?
Let them know how you feel and dump their ass.

 

[340six]

I love news paper. Cleans glass and mirrors great

 

[Magdump]

LOL!
Remember kids, when you steal a car, wear your seat belt!
Priceless…

 

[BrandonPle]

I'm surprised they didn't blame the cops for chasing that poor innocent man.
He was "probably" planning on bringing the borrowed car back .

 

[340six]

I'm surprised they didn't blame the cops for chasing that poor innocent man.
He was "probably" planning on bringing the borrowed car back .

Was just going buy books, and school supplies

 

[Abby Normal]

Was just going buy books, and school supplies

And baby formula on his way to support poor blind kids.

 

[machinedrummer]

I hope the owner was able to salvage the gas that was in the tank.

 

[Horrible]

“Stupid News Reporting”

Me thinks that this statement is redundant.

 

[Horrible]

LOL!
Remember kids, when you steal a car, wear your seat belt!
Priceless…

LOL. This is our media today.

 

[falshooter]

I vividly remember this from the early 60's when seat belts were an option in cars

 

[Kraut]

Probably boilerplate cut and paste, kind of how the Troop ends all of their fatality releases with a safety reminder germane to the situation. Does seem a bit strange in a news story as opposed to a press release from a public safety agency, though. Sometimes I wonder if they add such things to just pad the story and pump their resume total of "words published" or some such.

 

[XD-GEM]

Probably boilerplate cut and paste, kind of how the Troop ends all of their fatality releases with a safety reminder germane to the situation. Does seem a bit strange in a news story as opposed to a press release from a public safety agency, though. Sometimes I wonder if they add such things to just pad the story and pump their resume total of "words published" or some such.

More likely written by a bot. A lot of stories these days are generated by AI. So you'll get a story, then a related area of other similar things, then some possible advice for a similar situation.

"You don't really want to read anything else, Dave."