My local NBC affiliate LOVES playing up their nightly fear-a-thons during their primetime teasers.
It seems like every night we see breaking news about a rapist, a string of murders, a string of burglaries, or any other number of horrifying stories they can pull off the nightly police scanners.
“Tonight at 10… why police are asking women to be on the lookout for a suspected rapist…”
“A string of burglaries have hit a North Texas neighborhood… what the thieves are after and how you can protect your stuff… tonight at 10.”
“Poison apples are making a comeback in schools… how to protect your kids from the threat of evil lunch ladies…”
(OK I definitely made the last one up.)
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