What is your opinion on how news agencies report crimes and the severity of the attack in question?
You mean Joshua Witt, who described the attack for Facebook but has not filed a polics report? Most news agencies report crimes filed by police departments, if he didn't report a crime, no one's really going to listen and the local news will generally overlook it. If he filed a report, it would be found under the Crime section of the News first. Nothing about a stabbing in Sheridan currently listed, but that could change. A cut that requires 3 stitches isn't really a knifing, that's closer to "attacked by a drunk idiot" headline.