Most of the story is fabricated or exaggerated so I don't feel any sympathy for him since they're basically using this situation to push an agenda.
that conclusion doesnt follow from your premise... you dont feel sympathy for him, because the journalist fabricated or exagerated some of the story?
This is exactly what killer mike was talking about on the breakfast club, people are so numb they dont even show the basic levels of sympathy.
if thats a human being, who is now going to be a vegetable (assuming this is true) because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time (assuming this is also true)... why would u let how the new story is portrayed affect whether or not u feel for dude?