so, here's the deal. i'm a pretty emotional person, and i've always found it VERY disturbing how the media latches on to stories about tragedy. i understand that people have the right to know what is going on around them, but i do think that the emphasis is on the negative. (yes, i got a lecture about free speech, freedom of the press, blah, blah, blah...my husband is a journalist) perhaps it struck me even more so when a horrible crime was commited close to me, and to a family i know. before the shock of what had happened could wear off, the media was allowed on base to photograph the home in which 2 beautiful little children were murdered by their father, before he took his own life. they were at the school, interviewing anybody they could trying to get the "best" story. they were trying to interview children and parents as they walked home after school...it was truely tasteless. i even heard a few reporters complaining about how nobody wanted to talk...we were still in shock!! i suppose if they had any kind of emotional or moral compass they would have realized that and respected the families as we were attempting to shield our children from this and go on with life. but, that's what inspired the piece. and that's why the background is blurry. the media does this all the time, and i think it's time we took back our right to privacy!