Post-disaster news

Now that we have an idea of what happened, the news outlets get to spend the next week throwing crap at us. The shooter's personal history. The victims' histories. Maps, graphics, interviews with paid-for 'experts' on psychology and guns and violence and anger. Stupid stuff.

Stupid like this headline, courtesy of the Times: Gunman Showed Signs of Anger.

No shit he showed signs of anger. Generally people who are stable and content don't commit mass murder.

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out which I think is a more despicable waste of media resources: the 24/7 coverage of "the aftermath" of the VT shootings, or the coverage of Britain's Prince Whatever dumping his girlfriend. Really a toss up, I think.