Good morning. Jessica Mathews here, filling in for Andrew Nusca.
Alex Mahadevan, the director of MediaWise at the Poynter Institute, told Goode that “this is all psychologically damaging to our society in ways we don’t understand yet.” I would agree. These videos have been replaying in my head since I first saw them and have made it difficult at times for me to get through the day. For me, the only absolute solution has been to stay completely offline. Perhaps I am too sensitive in that I can’t handle sudden, unexpected graphic content on my social media feeds without it shaking me to my core. But I doubt I’m alone in that.
Today’s news below.
—Jessica Mathews
