No, there is nothing wrong with empathy. There is something wrong with a vapid industry that preys on people's emotions and magnifies local pain to national proportions and ignites knee-jerk reactions that rob people of reason and freedom.
If people allow themselves to be influenced by the media hacks, then that is their problem.
The first time I noticed collective hysteria was when Princess Diana died. Seems the entire country had lost it’s mind.
I don’t see things like that happening here in the US.