I think it’s a mixture. I’ve quit watching news coverage on TV completely at this point, but I do still watch some more mainstream comedy shows (e.g. SNL, Colbert, After Midnight, etc). SNL’s latest episode illustrated this disconnect, especially with the opening sketch (a Nancy Grace impersonation basically saying “what’s wrong with people for liking the killer?”) and Chris Rock’s opening monologue. Rock started by talking seemingly sincerely about the CEO and how it must be terrible for his family, etc. and then said “Sometimes drug dealers get shot” or something similar.
There’s also a comedy narrative that is being established that I think is kind of mainstream media types coping with the reaction to the killing, which is that they’re saying “he’s only supported because he’s handsome”…but I really think they are out of the loop and many are truly surprised and/or still don’t understand the public’s reaction.
I think it’s a mixture. I’ve quit watching news coverage on TV completely at this point, but I do still watch some more mainstream comedy shows (e.g. SNL, Colbert, After Midnight, etc). SNL’s latest episode illustrated this disconnect, especially with the opening sketch (a Nancy Grace impersonation basically saying “what’s wrong with people for liking the killer?”) and Chris Rock’s opening monologue. Rock started by talking seemingly sincerely about the CEO and how it must be terrible for his family, etc. and then said “Sometimes drug dealers get shot” or something similar.
There’s also a comedy narrative that is being established that I think is kind of mainstream media types coping with the reaction to the killing, which is that they’re saying “he’s only supported because he’s handsome”…but I really think they are out of the loop and many are truly surprised and/or still don’t understand the public’s reaction.