Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Dealing with this horror
Five days after the worst terror attack in this country’s short history, and we’re all still struggling to fully process the enormity of this despicable and cowardly violence. All Media Scrum can offer at this time is our love and respect for all the journalists who have been covering this story with compassion and empathy and kindness, getting all the necessary details without trampling over the wounded victims and their families. We hope you’re all taking care of yourselves.
But all those broadcast hosts and column writers who have happily stoked feelings of fear and loathing towards our Muslim brothers and sisters, using years and years of casual Islamophobia to build an atmosphere of fake outage - and are now trying to look like they cared about them all along - can truly get fucked. They can wipe old tweets and articles from the internet as much as they like, but we’re never forgetting that shit.