Don't Get Me Started Season 1 Episode 2

Rosie Boycott on False Grief

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Season 1 Episode 2

Rosie Boycott criticises the modern phenomenon of false grief, examining incidents such as the funeral of Princess Diana to discover what drives people to make outpourings of emotion over people they've never met. With the aid of experts, including psychiatrist Dr Oliver James and sociologist Frank Feredi, she identifies this as a form of emotional pornography - where people get to experience the catharsis of grief without the trauma - and points the finger at the media's role in encouraging this behaviour