Leslie Linthicum takes credit for inventing the term. From the Albuquerque Journal.
Earlier this summer, I coined the term "grief porn" to describe the obsessive, self-pleasuring nature of the reactions of a particular group of bystanders to a particularly horrible Albuquerque crime.
I don't think so. Update: I really don't think so.
Chris Applegate's post on "Grief Porn" is from late 2007.
Plus I get 890 Google matches. Wiki entry bit:
Grief porn is a pejorative, neologistic expression usually used to describe the behavior of the news media in the wake of a tragedy. It is distinctly different from Schadenfreude in that it describes a forced or artificial commiseration in response to unfortunate events, whereas the latter refers to a joy at the misfortune of others.
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