When You See "Three Bitten by Sharks in Florida" on a Major News Feed, It Could be a Sign Something Big is About to Happen—The Summer Before 9/11 Sharkbite was All Over the News—An Average of Eleven People are Killed by Sharks Worldwide Per Year

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[–]Optimus85 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That and bear/cougar encounters/attacks. They're not news; just random events. There's obviously more important shit to cover. It does make you wonder...

[–]hennaojisan[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It sure does. When they resort to bears, cougars, and sharks, you can bet there is a lot that is not being reported. This is one of those times.

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Okay.

[–]hennaojisan[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I revised my comment to make my meaning a bit more transparent.

[–]hennaojisan[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This story was posted on Drudge. When you see this sort of nothing burger story on a heavily-trafficked site, it indicates a disruption of the usual news cycle. In this case, there are a lot of worthwhile stories but the editor doesn't want to run them for one reason or another. So right now there is conflict with China, the stock market is in disarray and hoax shootings abound but sites hesitate to run them because they are too inflammatory or, more likely, the editors don't know which way to jump. It's journalism 101.

[–]sodasplash 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This was the era when literally every summer, all the news would report was shark attacks. It was at least 3-5 years when all you got was the latest shark attacks. It eventually led to the somewhat facetious “Shark Week.”

[–]Theo_Fridall 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I thought "shark week" was when a women was on her period.