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Concern over ‘copycat’ shooters has some asking: Should media coverage change?
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"Mass shootings – and the soul-searching, grieving, and justice-seeking that follow – supply a steady drumbeat of news these days. [Redacted] was back in court Friday, pleading not guilty on federal hate crime charges related to the murder of nine parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. Many media outlets reported details Thursday from ... the recent Lafayette, La., theater shooting. And the sentencing procedures for ... the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting have been moving forward this week."
"With wall-to-wall coverage of these tragedies, especially in the immediate aftermath, concerns are growing that the media may too often play into killers’ desire for notoriety and encourage similar crimes." ... |
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mickey
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| Instead of naming the culprits and giving them billions of dollars worth of free publicity, just say the culprit was a 20 year old loser who was so misguided as to think he could make himself famous by shooting 9 black churchgoers. |
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