I mean, this particular incident might not be the worst in US history but it is genuinely horrible and part of the reason it has so much staying power in the news is because it is so directly traceable to recent deregulation and greed.

Every single disaster that happens is either A) totally ignored, B) nominally mentioned then dropped between other news items to keep the cycle going, or C) actually covered with moderate interest, but played down with pleas from industry shills and conservatives that it’s being overblown.

This same cycle applies to mass shootings, except replace step C) with “actually covered with moderate interest, but played down with pleas from the NRA/ other Russian funded GOP orgs that it’s too soon to discuss (until next week’s mass shooting).

Rinse and repeat this placative media cycle until the rich have figuratively stripped all the copper wiring from the walls and bailed on the shithole they’ve created in the depleted husk of this country, and the rest of us are left holding the bag.