"Fifty people were killed, six of them children," announced the newsreader as she wore a solemn expression.
She thought for a moment.
"You know what? Why do we say that?"
She could hear her producer's voice in her ear, but that wasn't going to stop her. She tore out the ear piece.
"It's a tragedy, but do did kids make it any worse? No, they don't. Fifty people are dead. That's fifty people who won't be going home. They're all someone's son, daughter, brother or sister."
The camerman looked at her and pleaded her to stop with his eyes.
"It's not all about children."
She stood and left the cameraman filming an empty desk.
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