Having a country awash in guns is, obviously and of course, giant part of story, but so is a distorted, twisted and evil drive for posthumous attention to their murder-spree-and-suicide. How long more will we play their game on their terms?
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There is nothing more to learn from another long profile, interviews with the befuddled neighbors. There is no benefit to methodological tracing of their steps, gunshot by gunshot. No more weapon porn. Just name the gun, no pictures. Stop playing the snuff films they direct.
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I'm despondent about what it will take editors and journalists to realize what they are doing. There are ways to report all this responsibly. Yes, I know these stories bring clicks. We are drawn to the horror; but we are helping replicate it.
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Just like old-school journalism had a wall, in principle at least, between advertisers and the journalists, we often need a wall between the damn dashboard and the journalists & editors. Yes, news should strive to be read, but that cannot be the only consideration.
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These murderers are, collectively, moving up the skill set, and racing to up the numbers for more attention. They are horrible, evil men, but often their distorted minds aren't as competent as they could be at mass murder. The numbers can easily get worse and worse. Much worse.
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They do this for suicide without mass murder, too. There are perfectly sensible CDC guidelines to follow since contagion and copycats are established effects. There *is* a way to responsibly report all this. https://twitter.com/BillCapHill/status/930791128865103872 …
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The issue and the incidents *need* attention, but on much, much different terms. Bury their names, skip the useless profiles, don't play their snuff films, no more weapon porn, no more how-to manuals disguised as reporting. Cover the structural dynamics.https://twitter.com/rluxford/status/930793817913151488 …
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The Newtown mass murderer collected clippings of previous mass school shootings. The next one is probably obsessed with the media coverage of the Las Vegas shooter. https://twitter.com/_MogoGL/status/930810883126767616 …
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This is so horrific. The irresponsible media environment has gamified body counts, especially at schools and with youngest victims. Yes yes yes address guns—but also this. What will it take?https://twitter.com/apwestregion/status/931109328613978113 …
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Funny what a locked door will do. Better than a good guy with a gun.
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