Dog Bites Child...

I may not be able to bring you the scheduled edition of The Sleazecast for the reasons I've explained in the previous post, but I can offer a brief aside on a recent news story. I was watching the news report yesterday about the small child who had been savaged by a dog in an unprovoked attack in a Chingford park, when a couple of things occurred to me. One was the way in which the opening and closing shots of the report were framed by the BBC, focusing on a mildewed street sign with the park's name on, which had clearly been knocked over by a car, or vandals - the message seemed clear: you shouldn't be surprised at such an appalling turn of events in an obviously run down, crime ridden and deprived area. Of course, for all I know, it could be a wonderful area with a low crime rate, the street sign simply being an aberration, but that wouldn't be such a good story. The second thing that occurred to me was that the whole complexion of the story could be further changed if a video of it was to emerge on YouTube. Especially if it showed the child being attacked by a golden retriever, whilst its owner ran into shot shouting "Fenton! Fenton! Oh, Jesus Christ!", before the dog ran off toward the children's playground and attacked a group of five year olds. It would be bound to go viral, people are so fucking stupid.