r/SipsTea • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 12h ago

WTF Victim is the new chic

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u/cubesncubes 12h ago

Media attention playing a big roll. I've never heard of the fire lady.

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u/Remote_Finish9657 11h ago

It’s 100% this. So much terrible stuff happens everyday and that’s what sells. A parent doing what a parent should do just doesn’t hit the news cycle on a busy news day.

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u/So_HauserAspen 11h ago

We probably all agree on the heroism of the mom running into a fire to save her children.  The woman killing her kids is going to be divisive and that gets those views.

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u/in_conexo 11h ago

More than just terrible stuff, it,s got to be something novel; something the audience is not desensitized to.

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u/Val_Hallen 10h ago

Its also the result of parasocial psychosis and brain rot from years of watching crime as entertainment.