'Black Friday' death points to us, too

Interesting, introspective column by David Carr in today's New York Times, about the Wal-Mart employee being trampled to death on "Black Friday." Carr writes:

The willingness of people to walk over another human being to get at the right price tag raises the question of how they got that way in the first place. But in the search for the usual suspects and parceling of blame, the news media should include themselves.
Just a few days ago, the same newspaper writers and television anchors who are now wearily shaking their heads at the collective bankruptcy of our mass consumer culture were cheering all of it on.