We got a bit of guff last year for making fun of the dog-and-pony show that is Detroit Homecoming. But at least we did it intentionally. The newshounds over at Channel 7 did so by accident.
In a bright and upbeat piece on the sales pitch to people who left Detroit behind, the channel’s screengrab for its online summary captured the graphic at a moment when the news crawl beneath described a very different kind of homecoming.
The fragment of news seems to describe a bloody home invasion, reading: ” … he was shot this morning after two men broke into his house …”
Is somebody having a bit of fun behind the scenes? Either way, this must be one of the most interesting pitches to come home to Detroit ever.
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2015.
