Just One More Weird Miami Tale: Miami Herald

This story from the Miami Hearald was published a few short days after the attack. The story plays down both the severity of the attack and the level of media hype, attempting to spin it as "Just another wacky tale to tell about Miami". This is an attempt by local print media to both assure local public that the event was an isolated occurance and maintain control over the way the story is portrayed.

Face Eating Story Just One More Weird Miami Tale

Presentation
The article is presented in a very light hearted manner, using phrases such "as we embrace our wackiness" and a "storyteller’s paradise" in reference to the city which hosted the grusome attack. The piece obviously attempts to down play the events by laughing them off. "Once upon a time, this would have been the kind of news that sent the Chamber of Commerce into emergency meetings to figure out how to counteract the bad image of Miami promulgated by the negative media. But in the age of the Internet and social media, everyone craves a piece of the action. Stories like Eugene’s sends gallows humor into high gear."

Frame
The frame presented in this piece is that the event was not all that bad, both in the minds of those interested in it and in regards to the city's reputation. This plays off the story as having only shock value, and that it should be taken with good humor as well, a tall tale to be told of Miami.