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why do we hear only 1 or 2 murder on tv news when there are many more in reality happening everyday?

what's the criteria they choose to broadcast on TV and what not? thanks. why do we know some murder cases so well and we know nothing about the rest?

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1. Usually something special attracts the interest. Someone getting shot in the street or stabbed at a bar is still considered murder, but no one cares about those guys. We assume they were doing something stupid and got what they deserved. Now a Caylee Anthony case has a cute white girl. And I know that sounds racist, and it is, but we are who we are. We are getting a little better about it; not too long ago I heard about a case in which a black teenager was killed. But mostly it remains cute little white girls that get the attention. Or in the case of that woman killed while trying to protect her son from a sexual predator. These are interesting stories, with victims that you can care about. So they get our attention, and that is what the news goes with. I can envision my own daughter when I see Caylee, or envision my own mother trying to protect me. And then it grips me more because it becomes personal then. They just go with the stories that can get personal and get your emotions going, because that brings the ratings.
2. The ones the media salivates over are the ones that have a somewhat love based plot, like a murdered ex-wife and others of the sort. Most are just gang shootings. Nothing riveting about that, at least not to the viewers. The news channels just want ratings.
3. It's a decision of the journalist based on newsworthy or not. If not newsworthy they don't care.