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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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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You know we have a problem in this country when they refuse to show on TV some clown who runs on to a baseball field for fear of copycats...but kill a couple people with a gun and they’ll give you the same coverage as if you hit a walk off home run to win the World Series
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Incredible tweet, sir.
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Spit-balling here, should the media publish every humiliating story this person ever experience? Unfame if you will. Read his diary, find childhood friends to talk about when he peed his pants in second grade. DISCOURAGE with the media.
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Looks like the youtube algorithms are running our media. Getting more viewers is the only goal.
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Give me a break....1% could tell you the names of these shooters....within a couple of days story is over
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I disagree. We, as a society should find out what drove this person to kill. As someone with mental illness, it would be helpful for me personally. So that I can warn family and friends of the red flags to watch for, before i start down that road.
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It's a big fear of mine that I will be a shooter one day.
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