Yes, we always need to look hard at ourselves, too - including me. I think that people generally make more extreme statements, and more resounding judgments, about a person who is just a name in the news, than they would about a person whom they knew "for real." Constant news as it is today can make it harder for us to recognize the humanity of others ... "a person like me, or just a character on TV?"
That's so true. And I do it too, for sure! Ugh.