Desensitization. I always felt like that was the purpose of the media. What it does is takes something horribly tragic and force feeds it to you nonstop for weeks until you're forced to just stop caring or go spiraling into depression over the matter. I honestly don't know why people are so capable of just letting these events slide and not caring at this point but speaking as a person with basically zero ability for empathy, I just don't get why I should be sad. I understand what right and wrong is, but I think its a coping mechanism. The media airs nonstop bad news for Americans, so rather than collapse into complete depression, we just stop caring, because its too much to take. I feel like I can understand the distanced mindset but I'm not saying its right.