Wounded isn’t Newsworthy?
Madmen open fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans – but this isn’t news?? How has this NOT been on the front page of my CBC newsfeed since Sunday? Oh wait. Only 19 people were wounded. Nobody died, so it’s not newsworthy.
What, did the pitch sessions post ‘incident” have news networks postulating, “Naaaaaaah – could’ve been worse?” There were over 400 people gathered for the parade and only wounds? Not as much media punch as Boston or Newtown. And yet there will be another spate of gun purchases and 2nd Amendment Justifications and I’m left shaking my head.
May I please just ask: What the fuck is going on? Did somebody spike the Kool Aid… again? ‘Cause people are getting batshit crazy. And not just the crazy people, but the people reporting on the crazy people. Are mass-shootings so common place that they no longer shock? Has laissez-faire now become the way to govern? The US tried to pass the weakest of gun legislation in April and government couldn’t get their heads out of the lobbyist’s asses long enough to pass better background checks. It’s like they want crazy people out there with guns.
I’m thinking now might be time to start that commune in the middle of nowhere. Who’s with me?
