Quite the contrary. You cannot grow calluses on your heart. The question always surprises me. Sometimes, we are all the victim has got. Sometimes you feel like Wonder Woman, or Superman, going to the rescue.
Reporters can find missing kids, lost grandmothers, and misplaced corpses.
We fish out people who fall through the cracks. Publicity rescues people tangled in the hopeless mazes of government and bureaucracy. We recover stolen cars and priceless family heirlooms.