CityNews in Toronto is apparently from the “If it BLEEDS, it LEADS!” school of journalism
Here’s their graphic for the situation in Ottawa:
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Click the schlocky graphic to go to CityNews’ live site.
But can you blame them? Ever since the film Panic Room’s title sequence, floating metal letters over cityscapes have become a graphic signifier for “Bad shit’s goin’ down, yo!”
Thanks to Mike Freeman for the find!
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