Nonetheless, “Bloodbath in Brookfield” angered me like few other things since I started in this profession. At 5:10 p.m. Saturday I found myself having to work not to cry when they read off the list of victims, which included a 10-year-old girl. The little girl is what set me off.

During the last 48 hours I’ve said, heard, written and read the name Terry Ratzmann dozens upon dozens of times. There’s a sense of fatigue here with this. We’d all like to go away, immediately. There’s no pleasure in this for us other than satisfaction in doing our jobs as well as we possibly can. We’ve had meetings about toning down the sensationalism. We’re trying to curb it, but, I fear, speculation and such took over some of the things we did. It’s difficult trying to keep up with the “Bloodbath in Brookfield” types, when they can have the same information you just learned on TV in a matter of minutes.

While Channel 4 has chosen to hype this story with something from a Friday the 13th, Part VIII tagline, there’s some interesting work going on with the newspapers. The problem is, people don’t read them anymore, and, I hate to say it, I’m not sure we’ve made a good enough argument lately to change their minds.