In oakland California George Huggins, 24, and his girlfriend, 33-year-old Althea Housley, are charged in connection with the death of 45-year-old Jinghong Kang, who was visiting the Bay Area for a job interview from Fairfax, Virginia. The two took seventeen dollars from the man and then shot him according to prosecutors. This type of article follows the episodic format of news reporting, treating the story like a single event. The story makes not push for criminal justice policy change. This crime is entertainment because it is an act of violence that is played upon due to the randomness of the violence that would scare many. Many people do not experience this ever in their lives so the news brings the crime to them in this format.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/24998455/detail.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/27/AR2010072705800.html
Yes, unfortunately, stories like this increase the public's fear of crime and random acts of violence..
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