The media are running amok, exploiting a tragedy which is a godsend for feeding the masses and boosting their ratings. Every twist is considered ad nauseam as to prolong the story, which accordingly is reduced to some caper, with total disregard for sorrow or empathy. The spin rules, the "usual suspects" have their Warholian minutes of notoriety and CNN, Fox, i.a. make sure that the story remains alive by maintaining the artificial respirator working full-time. Some Asian "tigers," by the way, have their former glamour seriously undermined by their own incompetent doings. Tragedies should not fall victim to serial false or incomplete narratives.
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