The Summer the Internet Found Empathy — And How Quickly We Lost It

Originally published at: The Summer the Internet Found Empathy — And How Quickly We Lost It - TPM – Talking Points Memo

In May 2020, a nation already cracked by a pandemic convulsed further as the world watched the murder of George Floyd, his final breaths captured and uploaded, looping endlessly across screens.  Digital media didn’t just amplify his murder; it made the pain unavoidable, everywhere at once, and for a fleeting moment, it seemed to wake…

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Legacy media can’t die fast enough,