Which, of course, exposes a reality that most media outlets are inadquately contrite about: Most active shooter incidents are indeed suicide attempts, and indeed copycat crimes, which continue to perpetuate specifically due to the attention they are permitted to seize.
Were it not for the horrendous coverage they get, we likely would not have seen nearly as many. So what’s really going on?
This media industry absolutely knows the ramifications of such publicity, and has known what it would feed into from the beginning. They can control themselves. They do it every day. They reduce some catastrophes to a blip or nothing, and amplify others.
Why are active shooter incidents granted such coverage, by a large, tightly controlled apparatus?
Were it not for the horrendous coverage they get, we likely would not have seen nearly as many. So what’s really going on?
This media industry absolutely knows the ramifications of such publicity, and has known what it would feed into from the beginning. They can control themselves. They do it every day. They reduce some catastrophes to a blip or nothing, and amplify others.
Why are active shooter incidents granted such coverage, by a large, tightly controlled apparatus?