Who is the underdog?
Nicky and Tracy are fighting and their mother walks in, to see Tracy lying on the floor, weeping.
“Oh, Nicky, look what you've done!” shouts Mum. “Why can’t you just play nicely? You are grounded.”
This mum passed judgment on her son without first checking the facts. She cares deeply and it is so important to show compassion, but the problem is that it is not always clear who is the victim and who is the perpetrator.
Social media is mostly unregulated and it is quite easy to become a "journalist" with minimal qualifications. Unscrupulous people post fake news of illness, tragedy or abuse to awaken the compassion within us to fund their pockets. As we watch the situation in Israel with horror, reputable news outlets reprint unverified reports as truth, pulling on the heartstrings of the population.
