"....father of three" "....father of one"

imme

News reports often carry the line as follows:

"Michael XYZ, father of one has been charged with/arrested for ....."

Why does the family situation of someone arrested or charged with a crime have any bearing on the case.

freshpopcorn

It set's the scene!

buried

It's to let you know how many more dunces are on the way that the particular gadge has spawned

Pawwed Rig

Same reason they give an age of the person

mr_fegelien

To humanize the individual

Midnight_EG

To let you know how many offspring he's let down, again.

cian68

It's just gossip. Half the time the crime itself is none of my business let alone how many kids they have/what age they are. people like knowing someone else's details

uch

I'd say it's to give you an idea of how many triangles to cut in the Cake

Nigel Fairservice

Waterford Whispers made light of this. They would throw things into articles like grandson of four or son of two :pac:

Mrs OBumble

To fill the paper up, and thus be able to sell more advertising.

Victor

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

Same reason they give an age of the person

Not quite. Age is given to reduce the risk of being sue for defamation.

The Tetrarch

To show he is a loving family man, and not a real criminal, like the childless.

The Tetrarch

The Tetrarch wrote: »

To show he is a loving family man, and not a real criminal, like the childless.

Ordinary Decent Dad.


Not quite Family Guy, more Family Felon.

Cee-Jay-Cee

They use it as a space filler when the criminal doesn’t have a job.

If the person was signing they’d say ‘Carpenter/plumber etc charged with ....”

whisky_galore

Because scumbags are people too.

take everything

The Tetrarch wrote: »

To show he is a loving family man, and not a real criminal, like the childless.

LMAO.
Loving the replies in this thread

Bobblehats

To show he’’s a lover not a fighter. Unless he’s a bit of an all ‘rounder

mikemac2

Some papers will tell you how much their house is worth. The Daily Mail is fond of this

You can then decide if he is renter scum or a "decent" sort like the readership

Agricola

"The unemployed father of 6 shot his wife............"

Oh shure, typical


"Newly married barrister, 31, shot his wife..........."

There must be some mistake?

Shady Grady

You wonder if the day comes where they post "Father of who knows how many"

Capt'n Midnight

Shady Grady wrote: »

You wonder if the day comes where they post "Father of who knows how many"

What has Boris Johnson done now ?

Mad_maxx

Even when it's a father of thirteen, RTE omit the fact the story concerns a traveller