The images are terrible. Blood spattered locations. Families, friends and bystanders overcome with grief. Seriously injured and dying victims being carried to waiting ambulances and other vehicles by first responders and citizen volunteers. Pictures of the perpetrator(s) smirking at us from social media. These videos are on a loop, playing over and over again while t alking heads use the tragedy for political gain. On the Right, it's all Obama's fault for refusing to destroy ISIS and for refusing to use the term " Radical Islam " . On the Left, it's more calls for gun control and lamenting the influence of the NRA. Cable News Networks have become our YouPorn for disaster porn, delivering stimulation for our reptilian brains 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. There is no greater money maker for cable news than tragedy. And cable news exploits tragedy for all it is worth. Eric C. Wilson, a Wake Forest University English Professor and author of Ever...
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