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Maybe it is just conditioning, but I think what Shep does is just "TYPICAL" Journalism these days.

That's probably the case. As I said, I would have fired him, but he wasn't fired, nobody apologized, etc., - it's fast becoming the norm. I listened to a talk/discussion a few months ago that talked about how this kind of journalism has been building for a long time, and every now and then we see it at its worst - whether it's Hurricane Katrina or the girl down in Aruba - the media exploits anybody and everybody because we, as a nation, will watch. The fact that we now have news crews that can travel extremely light and fast, while staying in contact with their stations, has accelerated it.

It's almost becoming a form of entertainment. I remember a few years ago during the invasion, when the embedded reporters were showing things happening in real-time, and various news organizations were trying to get families to comment on what they were watching - looking back, I wouldn't be surprised if some of those journalists were hoping to get real-time responses from family members back home watching their loved ones in combat.

To be blunt, if this (today's kidnapping) happened to another network, it would not surprise me to see a FNC trying to get an interview with their families.