Turning mourning into voyeurism

I’m sure it will end today when the news media go back to
reporting on the most urgent question of our time — which GOP candidate
will win the Tea Party debate on Monday night? — but this past weekend’s
coverage of the tenth anniversay of 9/11 was relentless. (I know I could just turn off the TV but when you write a blog on religion, culture, and politics, you gotta do the research).

The packaging of the 9/11 narrative, with its stunning visuals, has
been masterful these last ten years — compelling, emotional, inspiring.
And ratings gold.

But it strikes me that grieving-through-media does not serve us well, individually or collectively.