Manhunt on for Suspect 2
- Suspects identified as brothers
- Much of Boston on lockdown
- Residents told to stay in, lock doors
- Chaos overnight: Bullets, bombs
- 1 officer killed, 1 hurt | FULL STORY
AP/FBIBREAKING NEWS: Boston on Lockdown as Authorities Hunt Remaining Bomber
Entire neighborhoods in Boston on virtual lockdown as law enforcement zero in on second suspect in marathon bombing who was identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, and believed to be brothers with the other bombing suspect who was killed in a shootout with police.
| Cops Swarm Suburb | Residents Warned to Stay Inside | Bomb Probe a Game Changer | PHOTOS: Cops Swarm Boston Suburb 
| FBI Press Conference | WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Twin Blasts Rock BostonNow, clearly this is an important story.
Having said that, all of this is over the deaths of three people (now four after the killing last night of a police officer). I wish the news would keep that in perspective and ask whether that justifies such coverage (maybe it still does, I'm just pointing it out).
Here is an example of what I mean. During all this there was an explosion in Waco, Texas at a fertilizer factory. Many more people died there, and of course it has been in the news.
Yet, the issue of such hazardous workplaces has not been in the news. At that particular factory, the last time it had been inspected by OSHA was in the 1980s. Serious safety violations were discovered there. The company paid a fine. Wait for it. $30!
The company told OSHA there was no risk of fire or explosion at the plant. And so OSHA just believed the company. And now hundreds are injured, more than a dozen are likely dead, and property is destroyed all over the town.
So, which is a greater threat--terrorism or irresponsible businesses? If the latter, why not more media coverage?
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