Tried to avoid the worst, yet I saw the same panic footage so many times. Killer's face everywhere. So discouraging.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/914821278833545216 …
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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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