Because they keep doing it.  Apparently most people don’t mind.

I just saw a TV reporter interviewing the mother of a child run over by a drunk driver.

Reporter:  ”How does it make you feel knowing your daughter was killed by a driver who was drunk?”

Now WTF does that reporter expect for an answer?

1:  ”I’m glad he was drunk so that he didn’t have to experience the sadness we were feeling.”

2:  ”I’m sure the poor man will feel awful in the morning when he is sober.”

3:  ”Well, I’d hate to think he drives that poorly when he’s sober.”

Geez!  They do it all the time.  ”How did you feel knowing your three children were trapped inside that burning building?”  ”What were you thinking as you saw your husband drive off with the dog’s leash caught in the door and the dog whining as his hide was ripped off?”  ”How did you feel when the robber was shooting at you from across the counter?”  ”What went through your mind as you looked at the bloody corpse of your husband on the kitchen floor?”  ”Mrs. Smith, now that your three children have been missing for over a month, is it a bit easier to think about it or is it still distressing?”

Over and over and over they seem to ask what to me are the dumbest of all possible questions.  Do they go to journalism school for that, “Inane Interviewing Techniques Seminar, Soc 343  6 cred.”

There.  That’s my rant on this.  It’s bothered me for years, but I’ve never said anything about it.  I think on-the-scene TV reporters are the most insensitive of all people.  Well, almost.

Arf