All violent acts against people are horrible. Imagine if we covered domestic violence—dozens of women die each week in US—like terrorism.https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/844574460955037696 …
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There are many risks people face. Some are quite rare. Some are common. We pay oversize attention to rare ones; mostly ignore common ones.
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Political violence is horrible—as someone from the Middle East, I'm aghast at it. Terrorism in the Western world is a rare, rare, rare risk.
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But our new & old media is so overly transfixed over what is horrific but so rare, we are promising these killers what they want: attention.
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Been writing for years—killers from school shooters to "lone wolf" terrorists explicitly seek posthumous attention. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …pic.twitter.com/IK907DoRKu
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Meanwhile, terrorized by rare risk, people support disproportionate & misguided policies, often increasing risks to ourselves and others.
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Meanwhile, the next killer—a school shooter, a deranged terrorist—is watching the coverage & attention NOW, forming ideation for next time.
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however relevant, these comments feel preachy and untimely from the UK in the teeth of an unfolding tragedy - sorry!
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I hate the topic. Unfortunately, it's the only time I can get journalists and others to hopefully ponder response.
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