People want to see the problems their preferred media has taught them to be enraged about (or, has taught them is a problem the other team is irrationally conce

People want to see the problems their preferred media has taught them to be enraged about (or, has taught them is a problem the other team is irrationally concerned about). Sometimes it's wanting to find the racial injustice that increases the sensitivity to other injustices. While the student's race might have played a role in the punishment, I'm at least as suspicious that it has played a role in increasing media coverage of it. Of course both assessments are non-falsifiable when limited to this one specific case. No big brand really focuses on the increasingly authortarian nature of American society, especially not in the treatment of minors. Although they'll pay lip service to it every now and again when it's useful fodder for other topics.