There is no need for videos of panicked people on loop, or the killer's face endlessly flashed to have a sensible coverage or discussion.
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Yep. I don't think that's of public interest but acts as how-to manuals & inspiration for the next deranged person.https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/915086843061948416 …
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No shortage of very important stuff to be reported on or of human interest stories. Killer + technical method obsession fuels this cycle.
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That's a sentence! CDC has guidelines on avoiding method details on suicide exactly for this reason: inspires more.https://twitter.com/mgerrydoyle/status/915176787344113664 …
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"Attack was particularly deadly as the murderer had stockpile of weapons incl. automatics". Done. Don't pub long weapon/method porn/how-to.
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One thing to be known by sane, well-read people, different if part of sensational shooting coverage. We know this.https://twitter.com/supersetgreg/status/915178580455284737 …
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Yes. Mass shootings are similar to suicides in contagion effects. WE KNOW HOW TO REPORT TO DAMPEN EFFECT.https://twitter.com/Annabelle4SC/status/915179416598302721 …
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Yes for suicides. Unfortunately, CDC politically banned from studying gun violence. See: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00031539.htm …https://twitter.com/bellisaurius/status/915186014574039040 …
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Actually, I study how censorship works, and many people studied this for suicide and mass shootings. Big difference.https://twitter.com/rhysblakely/status/915193034568060928 …
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Details available to folks who meticulously search every corner of the internet just isn't same effect as ON LOOP ON CNN FRONT PAGE OF NYT.
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As proof, simply look at recent rise of using cars as weapons. Painfully and openly obvious for decades, only took off recently. Contagion.
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It's like suicides; not that the info isn't available to the determined. But media attention on high-profile suicides causes spike. Same.
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Of course not! There's an enormous amount of very important stuff to report on that can be done while being mindful. https://twitter.com/dlepeska/status/915195882454339585 …
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Here: Don't splash killer's face everywhere. His individual story is an illusion of knowledge, summarize. Don't put panic shots on loop.1/2
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Don't publish method/weapon porn (detailed maps, many weapon pictures, excessive technical method). Report on victims, structural factors.//
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I can assure big media that there's no shortage of crucial stuff they can report on without helping inspire copycats—what they're doing now.
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Individual "profiles" are useless. Troubled people with guns. Too many false positives, no predictive capability. https://twitter.com/dlepeska/status/915198363691339776 …
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I make no call to censor actual news. Don't give the killer attention on their terms, don't loop snuff films, etc.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/914819173112532993 …
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Focus on victims; gun control; that the CDC is banned from studying guns; structural factors that produce these regularly. So much material!
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For ex: CNN autoplays video with sound of automatic fire. One, you're autoplaying a snuff film. Two, that's exactly what inspires copycats.
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This particular type of mass murderer is killing *for* the infamy. That's the goal. Why does media comply so meekly?https://twitter.com/briandonohue/status/915212499213062147 …
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CDC also not shy about the difference between technical reports and loop on CNN and front-page splash on NYT. Also+https://twitter.com/berthyman/status/915219566715908096 …
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+recommentation isn't "hide method." It's "don't go into excessive details that plant seeds of ideation with step-by-step detailed tracing."
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@people mag does appropriate coverage of Las Vegas—profiling victim after victim—while "serious" media focues on "how-to" for next killer.
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Gunfire on loop on CNN—snuff film made exactly to be on loop on CNN—detailed tracing of mass murder—it's not the info public needs—on NYT.
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Extended profiles of the killer ("who knew?") or play-by-play of mass murder don't help our understanding. Helps inspire copycats, though.pic.twitter.com/5p8JNC881I
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