Most. Optimistic. Local. News. Station. EVER.

Apparently Central Florida didn't get being the center of a media circus out of its system during the Casey Anthony trial, because here we are again with George Zimmerman.

[Note: I'm not going to comment on the specifics of the trial because 1) I haven't been following it closely enough to feel informed, 2) I'm pretty sure the internet isn't suffering from a lack of people offering commentary; and 3) there's approximately eleventy bazillion things I'd rather write about.]

Anyway! From what I've seen on social media the past few days, the trial has been quite...entertaining. (A witness testified she could hear grass? Huh? Yeah, I'm OK not watching every minute of this.) And then WFTV tweeted this:

Send an insightful tweet about the trial using #Zimmermanon9 and we may use it on air.
— WFTV Eyewitness News (@WFTV) June 27, 2013

Is there some sort of award for optimism in journalism? If so, WFTV should just be declared the winner for this year...if not the decade.

Most optimistic news station EVER: RT @WFTV: Send an insightful tweet about the trial using #Zimmermanon9 and we may use it on air.
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) June 27, 2013

Gotta love their response:

@rumpfshaker We have to specify. And hope. :)
— WFTV Social (@WFTVSocial) June 27, 2013

Call me Eeyore, but I just can't share their hopefulness. Scrolling through that twitter feed is not for the faint of heart.

@WFTVSocial I will keep you (or whoever has to read through those tweets) in my prayers.
— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) June 27, 2013

Best wishes to the social media team at WFTV! I'm curious to see what "insightful" tweets they find to put on air.

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