Searching for the good from the bad (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Searching for the good from the bad
10:19am Wednesday 6th March 2013 in Opinion
Jade Clark
THE media is often criticised for an obsession with bad news.
But there are many occasions where the profile given to certain stories leads to an outcome that right thinking people would want to see.
The case of David Bartholomew is one, that of Jade Clark, another.
The public outrage at the lack of any prosecution in the case of the former (expressed through this newspaper and its website) had led Martyn Underhill, Dorset’s police and crime commissioner to seek a meeting with the CPS. MP Chris Chope has also expressed concern and a change in the law may be looked at.
On the tragic case of Jade, a subject we return to again today, the huge media coverage of the police hunt for the missing Volvo driver may yet yield a result.
Positive or helpful outcomes in appalling cases like these must be welcomed, as a result of the media coverage – or otherwise.
Comments(2)
suzigirl
says...
8:58am Thu 7 Mar 13
calatrava wrote:Totally agree with you (I have only been riding a motorbike 6 years!). My husband and friends are doing a charity run on 50cc mopeds this year!
The tragic accident involving Jade Clark was in my opinion an accident waiting to happen. I have ridden motorcycles for nearly thirty years and experience has taught me that lack of speed kills. A moped restricted to only a top speed of thirty miles per hour by successive ill informed authorities is a death trap on modern roads.The lack of speed forces riders into the gutter making them cannon fodder for other unwary road users.The teenagers of today should have the right to get about safely without running this gauntlet. I challenge any road safety 'experts' out there to try a day on a moped. good luck you,ll need it
calatrava says...
8:42pm Wed 6 Mar 13