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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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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Don't say it can't be done. There were cycles of suicide contagion via media. CDC developed guidelines, media went along, dampened cycle.
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Copycats and escalation via exposure is real. ISIS & wannabes are *obsessed* with media spectacle. Stop going along. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …pic.twitter.com/k2hA72JIt2
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Tara #FBPE #Rejoin
Don't. They are watching that counter. They are watching BBC, MSNBC, CNN and the rest. So far, it's great for them.https://twitter.com/LJR1626/status/866994145314865152 …
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They're killing children to get this type of coverage. Research supports it—but also plain as day. At a loss at depravity of rating chasing.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Shunryu Garvey
That is exactly how it feels. Not sure what it will take.https://twitter.com/colinkgarvey/status/866996184531050497 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted ☭☭S O C I A L I S M O!☭☭
Exposing hidden wrongdoing by authorities argues for showing uncomfortable pics. Even there, should be with care.https://twitter.com/J_K_Smothers/status/866997458085261312 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted marjorie, not that marjorie
On loop. BBC to CNN. No news value to the panic loop the 832nd time. None. Putting terrorists in the producer seat.https://twitter.com/mae6489/status/866998792775753728 …
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Watching agencies knowingly make things worse for money is stomach churning. :(
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