Stay out of the media pool; sharks are hungry

It’s happening. We should have expected it, of course. Even so, it’s never easy to endure a media feeding frenzy.

At first, the media reacted to the Virginia Tech shootings the way you might expect. First, with “facts” that changed virtually every time you switched channels. Second, with the same visuals shown ad nauseum. Third, with interviews that were as predictable as they were … well, predictable.

One of the worst came earlier today during a National Public Radio interview with Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine when the reporter asked him how he was holding up.

How HE was holding up?

Nothing, though, quite matched the score that NBC made when it received the videos that the shooter sent, apparently between the time of the first two shootings and the 30 others.

Insert the soccer guy who used to scream “gooooooooooooal!” right here.

Right now, I can go to MSN.com and read about “A Murderer’s Final Message.” And after that? How about “Virginia Tech shooter rants in statement, videos sent to NBC.” Or “Inside a killer’s mind.” Even “Chilling videos.”

But the motherlode is … “Video: Cho speaks.”

Dude, I don’t have to pay Netflix anymore. MSN and every other informational source is providing me as much violent, sick and twisted content as I want. All for the price of my Internet connection.

Hold on a minute. I need to switch from Comedy Central to Animal Planet . It’s “Shark Week,” and the predators are feeding.