Who is to blame?

It is becoming very obvious that bullying is one of the important societal issues that the media is using as their pet project. By pet project I mean it seems like every so often there is something that the media wants us to worry about and focus on and right now that issue is bullying. You have heard and seen several different instances of bullying and some ending fatally, but many covered by the local and national media. This past week the media's bullying focus shifted to a 68 year old bus monitor who was verbally attacked by students on the bus. Below is the harsh video of this incident.

Now since this video hit mainstream media money has been raised for the victimized and the children have apologized for their actions. The question I would like to pose is who all is to blame when incidents like this occur. Obviously the children are at fault,but what about their parents? Or what about the media itself and the society we live in? When asked about this incident one of the children involved said they didn't think it was a big deal because they had seen so many people post bullying videos before on you tube and get popular for doing so. It's sad when people truly don't see the harm in something because they only see the fame they can receive from the action.


Who all would you blame for this type of incident? What type of punishment should these children receive?


--Krystal