Collective disasters, of natural origin or deliberately planned, mark out our daily lives and are related to us with all their violence by the TV news bulletins. There is one line that every reporter sent to the site ends up uttering: “Counselling is being provided.” When such a piece of information is so short, what value can it possibly have?  
Perhaps that of confirming the scale of the disaster, while soothing the shocked viewers: “Phew! At least the victims and their families are being taken care of…”