The tiny ones don't get too many clicks anymore and don't deserve major headlines. There was another school shooting today (UNC-Charlotte, 2 dead) and on the front page of both sites the shooting garnered one small headline among dozens of others about any number of topics.
For instance, this one was on CNN right under it, "A mother whose 5-year-old son died after they rode an electric scooter together has fled to Mexico, police say" and on Fox News it shared headline space with, "Florida's 'shark bite capital of the world’ sees first attack of 2019, officials say".
So, this was of course, just a minor shooting in America's rich tradition of mass/school shootings, but it begs the question: What's the body count America needs for a shooting to get front page headlines these days and generate some clicks and ad revenue? What number do we need to get our attention on the microcosm of this board and start up another thread and get an argument about guns and the second amendment and a quick sojourn with @NZ Poke about how it's actually Hollywood's fault (and maybe the Jews a little bit) and how another 18 people were killed in Chiraq in the time it took you to read this post?
For instance, this one was on CNN right under it, "A mother whose 5-year-old son died after they rode an electric scooter together has fled to Mexico, police say" and on Fox News it shared headline space with, "Florida's 'shark bite capital of the world’ sees first attack of 2019, officials say".
So, this was of course, just a minor shooting in America's rich tradition of mass/school shootings, but it begs the question: What's the body count America needs for a shooting to get front page headlines these days and generate some clicks and ad revenue? What number do we need to get our attention on the microcosm of this board and start up another thread and get an argument about guns and the second amendment and a quick sojourn with @NZ Poke about how it's actually Hollywood's fault (and maybe the Jews a little bit) and how another 18 people were killed in Chiraq in the time it took you to read this post?