"If It Bleeds, It Leads" is an old news business phrase to describe how sensationalizing a tragic story will reward the news outlet with higher ratings, higher readership, and increased profits.
Today's tragic story of the murder of 17-month-old Aiden Mishawn Clark was reported by Fort Wayne local media.
Most media outlets played it straight and reported the facts...and one chose to sensationalize, and exploit the child's death. Can you spot the one story that's not like the others?
From WPTA ABC21:
From the Journal Gazette:
From WANE-15:
And the often-forgotten WFFT 55:
Which of these news stories would you be most likely NOT choose to read and/or explain to your kids?
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