M is for Memphis. And Murder.

I found it interesting that former Memphian (and ex-WREG employee) Jamey Tucker said this in his blog last week, in talking about how the quality of newscasts in Nashville (his new place) seem to be better than here:

Maybe it's the fact that there's not 2 or 3 murders to cover every day.
Every lead story isn't about a murder or an investigation.

Now, I happen to be on Channel 3's website yesterday, and let's look at the local "Top Headlines" section, shall we? Six bullet-point (no pun intended) links to stories. Here were four of them:

• 1 Dead, 1 in Custody in Memphis Murder
• Woman Charged in Deadly Weekend Shooting
• One Injured in East High School Shooting
• Shooting Leaves One Dead

Gee whiz. Now, I know that every city has its problems. It's just that I could never really have Kevin Kane's job over at the CVB. What does your city have to offer? "Well, we got Elvis. And everything comes down to race, usually. Oh yeah, and about 200 murders a year." Heck, we have some relatives from North Carolina that were in town a year or so ago, staying at the Hampton Inn on Sycamore View. Their car was stolen. Welcome to freakin Memphis.

Kevin, I'm glad you're paid to cheerlead Memphis, cause I sure as heck don't think I could.