I am, sadly, going to retweet an earlier thread. Media: please don’t put the killer’s face on loop, on front pages, on your app notifications. Don’t sensationally publicize manifestos. Focus on victims and structural causes. Don’t help inspire the next killer.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/963900584901226497 …
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The research is clear. The copycat mechanism is clear. The moral case is clear. Too easy access to guns is definitely part of the problem—but so is the ease with which mass media gives these killers to the notoriety they seek. Past time to change this.https://twitter.com/kennethrpreston/status/997605000015745026 …
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It's horrible. I've been desperately writing about this since 2012. Like the 2016 election—journalists can be great at understanding dynamics (need for gun control) *unless* it's about them. Meanwhile, more copycat murder/suicides by troubled young men. https://twitter.com/CharmianNeary/status/997723739830849536 …
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Sensible coverage, editorial decisions similar to those about suicides (as per CDC guidelines) would have gone a long way. Nobody is calling for censorship. Just some sense. Here are two of my pieces with very concrete suggestions. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/opinion/the-virginia-shooter-wanted-fame-lets-not-give-it-to-him.html …https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/12/the-media-needs-to-stop-inspiring-copycat-murders-heres-how/266439/ …
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Yes. I've been contacted by grieving loved ones of victims who told me that despite their intense pain, they pushed themselves to be available to media *just so* that they could prevent the journalists from otherwise giving attention to the killer.



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Thank you. Important work.
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Tactically controlling the media is a slippery slope. Some flexibility should be extended to functionally shaping coverage but basic facts help society recognize bigger systemic problems lurking.
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People want to know the color of the perp, for finger pointing smh
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This one's alive. We'll learn a lot more than usual
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