Broadening the discussion

I thought this info-graphic story in the New York Times provided a good way to broaden the discussion with students following the shootings in Las Vegas by aligning the quantity of the killings in Las Vegas to gun deaths in selected U.S. cities; prompting discussions about the episodic nature of news consumers, the emphasis we place on cataclysmic human tragedy versus incremental tragedy, and context for issues like gun control, "black life matters," media responsibility, etc.