Half-baked thought: when something bad happens now it’ll be all over news broadcasts and social media. I think it’s pretty well established that fear mongerin

Half-baked thought: when something bad happens now it’ll be all over news broadcasts and social media. I think it’s pretty well established that fear mongering will skew your perception of something bad happening, but something I hadn’t considered until now is that it can make the bad thing worse. In addition to dealing with whatever tragedy befell you, there’s a layer of judgemental shame piled on top (“how could they be so careless to let this happen? They must be a bad, neglectful parent”)