The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Miami is the heat. The first thing I glanced over while looking at the Miami Herald was the weather forecast. Saturday through Wednesday, the temperature would remain above 85 degrees with a slight chance of thunderstorms every night, below 20% chance. “Fines begin for water wasters” by Charles Rabin, Curtis Morgan, and Amy Sherman, was the front-page headline story. Miami is experiencing a drought, and to prevent water shortages citations have been given to those caught unnecessarily using water. A golf course was fined $1,750, one of the many citations adding up to over ten thousand dollars.
Another headline read “Teen Shot During Robbery Attempt.” Where a man wearing all black with a matching bandanna and possibly a ski mask, shot a seventeen year old girl in the shoulder three times outside University Park Towers. The article was terse, poorly written, and contained several grammatical errors. Being a breaking news article, one would expect very little information yet on the other hand would expect an editor to skim over the content. What would drive someone over the edge is a front-page article about Ava, and Joshua, being the two most popular baby names in Florida. I do know that the Daily News, and Post allow for some ridiculous stories to headline, but this is just ridiculous. Stories like these are the ones that would make you think about what life must be like in Miami. It’s insanely hot and humid, there are restrictions on water use, there is barely anything important to make the news, and Cubans run the city. There were at least three articles about Cubans on the front page. The only interesting one being about three accused FIU professors being prosecuted as Cuban agents (spies).
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