I’ve not watched one moment of TV coverage of this and I’m glad.

Just because you yourself have not watched the TV coverage doesn’t mean that you aren’t part of the problem. All aspects of media derive their footage and facts from the TV crews that are stationed at the scene, thus any interest in the story in any form requires and promotes the proliferation of the TV crews.

However, one thing I would like to point out is that those journalists are there on orders from their bosses. Most of them are just trying to do their jobs, and I bet a lot of them are as sick of the media circus atmosphere as much as we are.

I know someone who works for one of the major news networks and can tell you it’s not all glamour and it’s demanding as hell. Unless they’re prepared to make a total career change, they go where their higher-ups tell them to go and stay until they’re told to come home.

And are trying to restore some sense of normalcy:
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – Still grieving and increasingly wary of the media spotlight, Virginia Tech students returned to their beleaguered campus Sunday, preparing to salvage the final weeks of a semester…

Personally I’d like to see about 300 Singapore cops rush in and grab as many journalists and their support people and start publicly caning them on the spot. Get that “on camera” and you would hear cost to cost applause!