Now comes the big stink of how awful all this was. Awful that TV stations carried the chase and shooting live, awful that viewers at home were subject to such violence and awful that there doesn't seem to be any movement to change things in time for the next car chase. We see it all the time. If I'm watching a dramatic cops and robbers show, I'm almost guaranteed a killing or two. If I'm watching national or international news, there's always somebody getting killed or bombed or burned.
Parents argue that their kids are watching.
If you are home you should screen what your kid is watching. If you aren't home, you need to pull the plug on television altogether, since even in cartoons there's no guarantee someone won't come to a violent end. As a journalist, I oppose these live car chases because they serve no real news value. And they suck up valuable news time in which we could be reporting more in-depth coverage of serious issues. But face facts, you like watching these car chases instead of more serious in-depth reporting.