Women dies after riding Space Mountain..very misleading headine

[boufa]

Yep, I too am certainly sorry to her family. However, poor sensational journalism, that is trying to passively place the blame for the death on the ride rather than the individual, or more likely mother nature. People die, and while I understand the tragedy, I don't know who is more wrong, us, for finding some ridiculousness in it, that might lead to a chuckle or 2... or the journalist who is trying to twist someone's tragedy to make money on it. (which is what happens when they sell more papers, get more viewers, or have more clicks)..

in the editors office "Wait, someone died, can we make it connect to Disney!!! Awesome, that will help by bonus and circulation numbers"

 

[gsimpson]

I'm sorry for the family's loss. I am normally head of the line at pointing out shoddy reporting but I don't see what was wrong with this one. It stated the facts, did not bring in "the family only wanted to enjoy time together" angle, didn't bring in every person who has died since the park opened, did not imply that the ride or the cast members were at fault, didn't try to sensationalize that "after such a tragic accident they opened the ride back up", and they didn't talk about the multi-billion dollar money machine that is Walt Disney World. In fact they did a pretty bland job of printing the facts in chronological order and were pretty clear, although I am a little surprised that in addition to the cardio issues she also had septic shock.