By David J. Krajicek David J. Krajicek Crime reporting is a hopelessly strange way to make a living. That's a good, concise definition of crime news.
Journalists cover misery and misfortune because people find it interesting, compelling or important.
Which brings us once again to the unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey. The story, by Katherine Rosman, bemoans the profit-making on the case, in the form of books, movies and career moves by journalists covering the murder. In her article, Rosman wonders why the case has had such legs with the media. She points out that 804 children age 12 or younger were victims of homicides in 1996, the year Ramsey was killed. Rosman should have read Mencher's textbook.