Public mass-murder terrorism—religious-inspired to white-supremacist to school shootings—has a media strategy. Media keeps cooperating.

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Replying to @zeynep
Putting panic videos on loop on TV or sharing gory pics has no news value, just horrifies people *and* encourages copycats. Shameful.
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There is nothing contested here that these videos help disprove, in which case one can have a difficult conversation on how much exposure.
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There are arguments for showing uncomfortable pics/videos. Exposing wrongdoing by authorities; highlighting ignored crisis. This is neither.
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When FBI went through mass killers' rooms, you know what they found?Troves of media coverage of previous ones. Inspires them and sets a bar.
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Replying to @zeynep
It's very difficult to stop people willing to die while killing—from school shootings to this—and as long as media cooperates, it escalates.
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Targeting children is part of this escalation cycle (like Sandy Hook). Terrorism and mass shootings are horrible, though very very rare.
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The ask isn't "don't cover the news." It's stop covering it as a media spectacle directed by the killers. Do it on *our* terms. Humane ones.
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Look, I am just as horrified by such news as anyone else. My visceral reaction is no different, despite all my statistical leanings.
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Replying to @zeynep
But it's 2017. We know how this goes. There are ways to cover this better—to modulate our response without shifting our anger or compassion.
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Please ask ppl not to RT the claim by IS. I personally refuse to help them by re-tweeting http://it.You have many followers.
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