Are we simply too quick?

[Borchester]

Dunno.

In the 1070s the Seljuk Turks captured Jerusalem and subjected the inhabitants to the usual horrors. Around the same time the Byzantine Emperor stated as recruiting campaign in the West. And by the time the stories had creaked their way to Europe the Holy City was the scene of unspeakable atrocities and the first crusade was launched.

By the time the crusaders actually reached Jerusalem the Muslims were as sick of the new regime as the Christians and had turfed the Seljuk Turks out. But they did not have Sky or GB News in those days so no one knew what was going on.

Speedy communications are usually a good idea.

[T00ts]

We live in an age of instant news that requires some people to be employed simply to dig up stories to fill 24 hour media coverage. The more salacious or shocking it is the better it seems. In most cases comments are encouraged by those who presumably happily devour these stories regardless of the full truth or even background knowledge. The more outrageous these comments are the more like or not responses are engendered. Equally we are encouraged to put small success on a pedestal far higher than most normal people can balance upon. (England Euro team being a case in point at present but there are innumerable others).

Is it simply enough to draw conclusions from the reporter's viewpoint and condemn the poor unfortunates locked in the dock as a rotten fruit target? Do we no longer have any empathy that let's us imagine walking in another's shoes?
Aren't we too often too quick to judge, too quick to condemn and sometimes too quick to laud to the rafters only to drop scorn moments later?

Mental health is reported as a growing problem, is it not because we are being lead into a roller coaster life following the mindless exhortation of the media and many whose only motivation is a fast buck?