Television Networks Ignore Touching Story of “Bucket List” Baby and His Parents

ABC, CBS, and NBC punted on covering the poignant “bucket list” created by Jenna and Dan Haley for their son, Shane, who developed in his mother’s womb with a major genetic defect.

Shane Haley was born on Thursday morning, and died just a few hours later. The Big Three networks ignored the story on their Thursday evening and Friday morning newscasts, despite the couple gaining hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook, who followed the Haleys checking off the items on their list.

Before he was even born, Shane Michael Haley had already met the Philadelphia Phillies, been to the top of the Empire State Building and shared a cheesesteak with his parents.

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