Fallen wall blamed for temple stampede

A collapsed wall caused a stampede that killed at least 168 people and injured more than 150 at a Hindu temple in India, police said Tuesday.

[Darrell]

Perhaps we should send president Bush over there to "stabalize" the situation and spread some democracy. Oh wait... India is superior to America, they don't need democracy and they're also richer then the United states

[JBC]

It happens every year. Why should this be news?

[kolt]

well, even if this is a 15th century temple, and in india, shouldn't someone have made sure the wall was stable? and, just how did said wall fall? this is a place of worship, and an ancient building, with it being known that literally hundreds of people will be visiting, and as such someone should be responsible for the construction and stability of this building. why hasn't anyone inspected it recently (before the collapse) to make sure that it is stable enough for use?

[kolt]

as i am typing this, i am in a journalism class. my teacher says that slow news days let things like this be "big news", and it is sorta important. i mean, its only 150 PEOPLE DEAD, AND THE SAME NUMBER INJURED!!!! BIG DEAL, RIGHT?!?!~sigh~ jbc, i understand what you're saying, but thinking as a student of journalism, and someone with common sense, the network is simply looking for a story, and slow news day or no, it would still be mentioned to some extent even if there was all sorts of things happening in the world.

okay, lets say we go to war with russia, china explodes, the stock market crashes, and the president is assasinated JFK like, then this would be mentioned a little bit. thats how big of a story it is. why not ask the editor, instead of a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD, why this is news, buddy?