Children are being desensitised to death – in the name of profit

“The video is too graphic to show you,” said the voice-over on the BBC News website of the murder of Charlie Kirk, applying an editorial safeguard that was too late for many in the audience. Because the gruesome footage was already everywhere.The moment when a shot rang out as the right-wing activist answered a student’s question, then slumped with blood pouring from his neck, was filmed on phones from multiple angles and uploaded online by Kirk’s audience.The imager