Very sad indeed. And yes, the media in the US is shameful.

But, its too easy to blame the media. The media is a 99% profit seeking industry. Their goal is to earn the best return on their investments as possible. In essence, there respond to consumer demand. For the vast, vast majority of Americans, the interest in the Kardashians will always trump a tragedy halfway around the world.

We've enabled the media to set the bar dreadfully low. We are far more shallow as a people than we'd care to admit.

Yes, its a broad brush I'm using and there are plenty of exceptions. Just not nearly enough of them.