Over the weekend Sacramento celebrated its annual Gay Pride. But you wouldn’t know it from reading the news. KCRA devoted exactly 40 words to the story, and here I present them to you with a link to the original article (which contains exactly the same number of words):

Gay communities and those who support them are showing pride with parades and demonstrations.

Activists in Sacramento were among the groups speaking up at the state capitol Saturday morning.

There was also a pride party at the city’s Southside Park.
[Article syndicated on MSNBC]

Yep. That’s it. 40 words. I think KCRA is taking this whole twitter concept a bit too far. It really is okay to use more words to describe something.

For example – there’s no mention of the rally at the capital or the subsequent march to Southside park for the festival.

What about a review of the A&A Music Events, A Church for All Gospel Choir, Sacramento Gay Men’s Chorus, CHEER San Francisco, Sacramento Sirens Cheer Elite, CHEER Sacramento, Uneaq, Road House Six, Empress XXXV of CGNIE: Miss Precious Taylor’d Cargo and members of the Court of the Great Northwest Imperial Empire (C.G.N.I.E.)? (reference)

Or perhaps a mention of the over 150 vendors or the curated Pride Art Show (which was new this year)?

And why not describe the 5 year old children of immigrants standing outside the park fence holding up signs condemning homosexuality?

Nope. All we got was a measly 40 words. Well here’s what I have to say about that…

KCRA: We report the

And I did it in 3 words.