TITLE: Several Teens Reported Missing After Playing 48-Hour Challenge On Facebook
SENTENCE 1: Meanwhile, Detective Lee Tuttle from the CMPD’s Missing Persons Unit said in an interview:  “It’s disturbing because it’s something we take so seriously, and for someone to take it as a prank or a joke is very alarming.”  The officer is encouraging parents to tell their teens “how serious that being missing is, and how big a deal it really is because of the emotional and physical strain on families, and then the resource strain on a police department such as ours.”  The 48-Hour Challenge is said to have originated in the United Kingdom.
SENTENCE 2: Watch the video report by WXYZ Detroit below to learn more about it:  Like on Facebook  If you have a teenage son or a daughter, be sure to sit down with them and explain to them why this crazy new trend isn’t exactly a game worth-playing.
SENTENCE 3: It’s called a 48-Hour Challenge where kids go missing for 48 hours and whoever gets the most social media hits wins the game.”  Authorities aren’t taking things lightly either, especially since they keep receiving reports about missing teens.

Bias label: slightly
Annotator rationales:
If the event is described as a prank or a joke,
then there is a risk of minimizing the seriousness of the situation