I'm ready for a new news source. Yesterday I heard a radio news snippet that there were some deaths in Afghanistan. So I looked up the AP story and was very disappointed.
What if we had a news company that was committed to reporting events to us through a lens of love and respect. Instead of reporting "just the facts" and numbers, instead of slipping in judgements and condemnations of people, instead of putting spins or pushing agendas, instead of pretty much everything that is characteristic of our current news sources; this company would love the people it is reporting about and to.
Can you imagine this news company? I hope you can. Think about it, and tell me what it would be like.
Here's one thing I know would happen with this news company. When reporting on recent deaths in the war it wouldn't be just a statistic to be compared with how many deaths we've had in days past and it wouldn't be used as a chance to point out the deaths that occurred a while back because a helicopter crashed while not engaged with the enemy. It wouldn't comment on how long the war has gone on and how many troops the president has sent. This news company would acknowledge the sacrifice that was made by the ones that died. It would tell us who they were, why they were serving and what they had accomplished. It would encourage us to appreciate their lives and to let our hearts break with those of their family members and friends. We would see anguish in the face of the news anchor that has to relate this story and it wouldn't be crammed in between sports scores and weather reports.
What would this news company be like? Remember, they report in a spirit of love and respect for those they report about and to.
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