The Zimmerman Effect: Are We Losing Perspective on Horror?

The Zimmerman trial has riveted the nation in large part due to the relentless 24/7 media coverage. When massive national media resources are committed to one issue there are costs in the neglect of other broader, more significant concerns. There is narrow horror and broad horror, and the broader horror of 12000 gun homicides a year can be lost in the minutiae of one case.

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