Gromit, on 7/7 whilst I watched TV news and waited alone all day for a word to tell me my family were safe, my fear wasn't created as a result of media whipped-up frenzy. When my husband's colleague was terribly maimed on the same day, and another lost her daughter, my sadness wasn't as a result of media whipped-up frenzy. Likewise when a great many of my husband's colleagues were murdered in the twin towers, our sadness wasn't as a result of media whipped-up frenzy. How dare you call the reality of these atrocities media whipped-up frenzy? Yes, you are selfish - and you're ignorant, and you're arrogant, and you're incredibly thoughtless. Clearly none of what is currently happening in the world has touched you personally, but I hope, for your sake, that these particular terrorists have no plans for Manchester when your mother is next out shopping, because if they do, you may well think very differently.