Stupid Guest Tricks

If it happened on the other side of town or even on 192 or 535, this story would not even be reported. But it was on Disney property and involved a Disney bus, so it's a national headline.

This is not to say it's not tragic; it really is terrible. A life cut short, and that is always a very bad thing. But to be picked up by AP, and have 42 different articles written by the time I wrote this?

Here is the search for "Disney" on Google News

Sad? Yes. Horrible? Yes. Does it potentially affect several people in the area? Any Cast Member that comes to work on Western Way. But national news?

Only because it was at WDW.

I just read about it on the NY Daily News site and the headline mentions Magic Kingdom and makes it seem like the bus went out of its way to kill someone. It does say later in the story that the car driver ran a red light. Once again anything to make Disney look bad.

Take one famous point of interest, add a tragedy, and voila'--instant news. To push anything off the front page short of a presidential assassination, add a beloved celebrity--especially a young one--and a schoolbus full of kids, or something along that line.

This is how the media works, folks. Man bites dog, over dog bites man, ya know.

I will say that it hits close to home, however. A friend of mine announced on Facebook that the young lady killed was the daughter of a very close friend of his. I didn't say it's not tragic. It's just not national news.

The worst part is, I had to drive through that intersection several hours later, and you could tell where it happened. I have not noticed it since; it is subtle.