It's not just tragedies, though. This type of obsessive focus is about a variety of things, like the recent royal visit we had here. The media went on and on and on and *on*. Before they came. While they were here. After they left. It was like nothing else was happening in the world. And then there's a little more diversity, and a bit of a broader range of stories, until the next "big thing" hits, and again it's worn to tatters before the media finally lets it go.