http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2016/08/media-contagion.aspx … https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/11/americas-mass-shooting-epidemic-contagious/545078/ …http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/16/media/dave-cullen-columbine-reliable-sources-podcast/index.html …
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HOW the media covers these things (including the murderer) is one question, but it is never be the case that a mass murder in which 17 people are killed at a high school is not a major news story
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something can be a major news story and intensive cable news coverage of that story can cause more killings. both can be, and it very much looks like they are, true.
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"can cause" or "can be a contributing factor along with many others," perhaps? One of the stories you sent also says:pic.twitter.com/GDe7Yk4ECk
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now you are conflating gun deaths and mass shootings. they are very different problemshttps://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mass-shootings-are-a-bad-way-to-understand-gun-violence/ …
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ok, but again, from what you just sent:pic.twitter.com/ezuHOzOFcv
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I'm sorry, when did I say gun violence had one solution? I'm not the one saying an assault rifle ban would stop mass shootings.
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er, ok, I didn't say that either ...
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