[Killer]

death gawkers


The Internet coverage has been appalling: a major news Web site posted a picture of a handsome young man and invited readers to view a slide show to “see the faces of the young people who died in Santa Maria” in the same way it has presented slide shows like “check out the hotties at Ipanema beach.” The day after the fire, the largest newspaper in the state published a comic that presented boys and girls entering the club from one side, drinking beer and having fun, and leaving on the other side, escorted by death with a scythe.