DMN Confession

I was very surprised after reading this article. In my opinion, it takes a lot of guts to admit your wrong, especially when you are admitting it the public. I commend Mrs. Floyd for her honesty and her ability to recognize her tendency to use stereotypes. Of course a murder like the McKinney one, is going to be sensationalized...wealthy, exciting women gets murdered in an expensive neighborhood...it must have been someone she knew; beaten, stabbed multiple times, left in the house to be found...someone must have been trying to make a statement, right? No. Not at all. It was a random act of murder, and that's all. Unfortunate, yes. But not the Hollywood drama the public was looking for. For these reasons, the media turned it into a glamorous twisted story that was filled with secrets and deception. Stories like these make me think twice...and make me hope that if I, as a journalist, am ever faced with a situation like this, I will make the right choice in my writing and not jump to conclusions just because of media standards and expectations.