Why the press coverage of the Madrid Disaster shocks us

 The Anglo in Hispanic blogosphere (http://www.notesfromspain.com/2008/08/25/morbo-spanish-news-media-horror/, http://southofwatford.blogspot.com/2008/08/madrid-airport-accidentthe-reactions.html, and other) has been buzzing with suggestions that the Spanish media coverage of the Madrid Air Disaster is because of some unique Spanish trait.
Well, I disagree. I don’t think it’s because of a TV programme in the 90’s, or because of pent up frustration after the Franco [...]