Reporters and the sobbing masses

I have a theory that reporters get a cash bonus every time they get someone to cry on the air. They must take these people aside during broadcasting school and teach them how to turn even the hardest, most steeled person into a sobbing, sniffling mess. You always see them, in interviews, "So, how did you feel when you saw your house float away in the flood?" "How did it make you feel to lose the gold medal to your arch rival, having suffered the loss of your grandmother exactly one year ago today?" "What were your feelings the moment you found out you'd never walk again?" And I bet if their initial line of questioning doesn't produce the desired results, they hold up pictures of sad puppies off camera. Just a hunch.