The case of 19-year-old Myrto in Argostoli is not only a tragic incident.<\/b> It is also a mirror. And in itwe see something ugly<\/b>: a public sphere in a hurry to speak before it knows, to show before it thinks, to blame before it understands.<\/p>\n
The fact is simple and tragic: a girl died. Three people are accused <\/b>of not doing the obvious. Their responsibility will be judged by Justice<\/b>. Everything else we see unfolding on television <\/b>panels and websites is noise. And often, it’s worse: outright cannibalism.<\/p>\nLaity’s “televised trials”<\/b><\/h3>\n
From the first few hours, a familiar scene. “Experts” with no specialism, presenters in the role of investigators and reporters playing Clouseau. Hypotheses, scenarios, hints. All on the table. No filter. Instead of conveying data, television sets up a narrative.And in this narrative, Myrto is no longer a person<\/b>. She is material. Photographs of intimate moments, snippets from social media, details that add nothing to our understanding of the case. But they do add something else: spectacle.<\/p>\n
And spectacle, as we know, sells. Even when it is built on a funeral.<\/p>\n
The most dangerous part is not the exaggeration. It’s the direction. Slowly, almost underground, the weight shifts. From “what those with her didn’t do” to “what she did”<\/b>. What she wore. Where she went. Who she was with. Whether she had been drinking. If she had taken anything. If he knew. If it was his fault.<\/p>\n
It’s the oldest, most worn, but always willing to return, logic:the victim apologizes<\/b>. And if it’s young in age, and a woman at that, the easier it is to unlock this mechanism.<\/p>\n
This is not journalism. It’s social instinct at its darkest. And when it is reproduced by media, it gains legitimacy.<\/b><\/p>\n
In the meantime, information is circulated that is half-hearted, fragmented or even completely arbitrary. Some speak of delays at the hospital, others of negligence, others of a cover-up. At the same time, the official update from the Ministry of Health makes it clear that Myrto was intubated properly and that the operation of the hospital is already under scrutiny by an EID.<\/p>\n
This is the key: the state is moving institutionally. It is investigating. It is checking. It is not leaving shadows hanging. Unlike those who invest in them.<\/b><\/p>\n
Because fame, once started, does not easily gather. And the damage it does is twofold: to the grieving family and to society, which learns to trust whispers over evidence.<\/p>\n
There used to be a basic principle: first you cross-pollinate, then you publish. Today, the pattern has been reversed. First you post, then you see. The pressure for clicks, for speed, for presence in the news wave has turned some of the media into content production lines<\/b>. Not information. Content. Whatever catches the eye goes up. What shocks, multiplies.<\/p>\n
Only here we’re not talking about a viral video. We’re talking about a man who died. About a family grieving. About a case that demands seriousness.<\/p>\n
Nothing complicated is needed to draw a line. A few obvious things will suffice. The responsibility lies with those who had an obligation to help and didn’t. The judgment belongs to the judiciary. Protecting the victim and his family is everyone’s obligation.<\/p>\n
And the media has a role. Not to judge, not to insinuate, not to substitute for investigation. To inform. Nothing less, nothing more.<\/b><\/p>\n
Because if that too is lost, then we don’t just have bad journalism. We have something deeper: a society that is used to consuming the suffering of others as spectacle.<\/p>\n
And that’s not news. It’s a problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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