We don't do this for drunk drivers killing people. Terrorism is horrible—but rewarding them with the type of publicity they seek is no path.https://twitter.com/jcstearns/status/871132672235638785 …
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My 2015 piece summarizing some of the research that shows how excessive, sensationalist publicity inspires copycats. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …pic.twitter.com/GCQOCCXxLZ
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My 2012 (!) piece asking media to learn from CDC guidelines on suicide contagion to dampen mass murder copycats. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/the-media-needs-to-stop-inspiring-copycat-murders-heres-how/266439/ …pic.twitter.com/6HkQJuH0U9
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Western media are very, very, very dumb. They won't change. Attacks like these are their heroin and they need their fix and feel important.
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Worth pointing out, I think, that this is how the current US administration behaves as well.
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Those Isis rats thrive for these response for recruitment & existence!
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So that's all folks another crazy bastards muslins for that matter went on the rampage ...life goes on .. for the lucky ones ..pathetic
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From what I can gather this implies that we shouldn't fully report these atrocities- just make them an "And finally" on News at Ten. Right.
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