Flowers on the street, guff in the papers

A killing in the street means a killing at the tills. Another youth is killed on the street and anybody and everybody who knew / knew of him rushes to spent their £4.99 in Tesco on flowers.

The Evening [sub] Standard [the local rag] nearly choked itself on the crap written about this latest murder, a few quotes....

"Friends told today how Paul survived a knife attack last year and claimed he was often a targeted by boys jealous of hi musical talent"

"Paul, a talented rap singer....."

Ok, so the kid is dead, nobody should have to die like, that but people do. What I don't get, apart from all this faux grief and flower / teddy bear placing, is why the media have to quantify the waste of life by grasping at any supposed talent or quality that the victim may have had.

On this occasion, the sub Standard has out-done itself with the "talented rap singer" line. Oxymoron or what?