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Salt Lake’s ABC Channel 4 News Gets Emo

By Tracy Medley, 5-23-07

Salt Lake City’s ABC Channel 4 News recently blew the lid off Utah’s “emo” kids with an “investigative” report that can only be described as the silliest bit of local pseudo-journalism ever to find its way on television – and that’s saying a lot.

Reed Cowan, who delivered the report, confesses to beginning his search for emo – on the Internet. Well, that was his first mistake. His second was not having a sense of humor. The majority of the supposedly “disturbing” Youtube videos shown throughout the segments are obviously satire – they’re jokes, y’all. Are you really so old and square that you believe that “Emo Quiz” you found is real? Do you really think these are the kind of “girl pants” emo dudes are wearing? If so, I have serious questions about your ability to deliver and disseminate information to the public.

I mean, do you honestly think there’s such a thing as an “advanced emo?” Gah! This kind of “freak out the folks” type of journalism really boggles the mind. Not only is it uniformed and alarmist, but also it’s also completely unoriginal. A quick search on Youtube reveals dozens of reports just like this one across the globe. Way to go, Channel 4. Here you are telling parents if their kids have black hair and listen to cranky music, they’re probably cutting themselves and contemplating suicide; while at the same time urging them not to react to their kid’s emo-ness with fear. Um, okay...so which is it? Should I check under their gummy bracelets for cutting scars or not, Cowan?

Hopefully Channel 4 will tackle those pesky beatniks and their dangerous bongos next.

Kids, hide your eyeliner, mom watched the news.

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