Manufactured controversies

DO YOU know anyone who is unhappy that bin Laden is sleeping with the fishes in the Arabian Sea? Me neither. Put another way, do you know anyone who is in the throes of religious or moral angst for feeling joy over his death? Me neither. Do you know anyone who really has a problem with the slogan “Bin Laden: Dead or Alive but Preferably Dead?” Me neither. Do you know anyone who gives a damn that bin Laden wasn’t armed when SEAL Team Six took him out? Me neither. Do you know anyone who has sunk into a deep depression over the fact that some Americans chose to celebrate bin Laden’s demise by boisterously chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” in the streets Sunday night? Me neither. Though we don’t have photographic “proof,” do you know anyone who doesn’t believe bin Laden is dead? Me neither. So, why have much of the media latched onto these narratives as if there is controversy? Answer: They can’t help themselves.