Disaster Porn

I completely agree with James Lileks.

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Headline over at KSTP:

“Hear the screams from inside the bus.”

You know what? I don’t want to hear the screams from inside the bus. I don’t want to hear someone’s kid shrieking in panic, begging her mom to come save her. Why would I?

This is the point in the story where we start to debate what’s news, and what’s just disaster-pr0n....
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This is what we accept news today. Entertainment. The pain and suffering of others.