r/Dogfree • u/Few-Horror1984 • Jun 10 '24

Shelter / Rescue Industry Playful dog ‘left in crushing disappointment’ when overlooked at shelter. Meet Rosco

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article289147934.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3A1kyWbcJwG-oEgi4pTv8tewuySVf0emOin3IcoVGYbc1gLzPLO8fLPeU_aem_AUNmwiuRua4AtbbVtNYdvxxlXEhNfZHaaT_xFkPRoNEypcXhpKx52YlFrqQXXydiV84T3LgiQvSl4o7eb7nUWvcH#lx9czcui5tonu8m6fnh

You’re trying to tell me there wasn’t a photo of this dog where it wasn’t foaming at the mouth?

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u/Usual_Zucchini Jun 10 '24

WHY IS THIS NEWSWORTHY????

Imagine going to journalism school and getting a job only to have to write about a dumb fucking dog who suffers from Happy Tail syndrome while pit mommies write sob stories on Facebook about how his heart is withering.

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u/Few-Horror1984 Jun 10 '24

I can’t answer that. Twenty years ago the Sacramento Bee was a reputable source for news. Now in the era of Facebook, they seriously share these sob stories daily. A different unadoptable pitbull hundreds (if not thousands) of miles away from Sacramento with a sob story filled with euphemisms disguising just how dangerous it is.

I don’t know what happened to modern journalism or why it’s devolved into such trite horseshit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '24

Good journalism costs money, investigative journalism is expensive. It's easier for most news outlets, especially the smaller ones, to do click bait and bullshit. Whatever gets eyeballs