04-19-2007, 10:48 AM | #181 |
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From the BBC: Police probing the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech University have criticised the decision of US network NBC to show footage of the killer.
My thoughts on this: 1) "If it bleeds, it leads"...that's journalism in today's society. Did the police really expect NBC to sit on it? 2) I think the public should see at least some of Cho's video. It gives us a glimpse into who this guy really was. At the same time, I think we've officially hit the saturation point with coverage of this. I'm going to quit reading and watching the news for the rest of the day, I think. |
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Can you imagine being the NBC staffer who opened the package?
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I think there would be more focus on the victims had Cho's package not came up. I recall hearing a lot more about the victims at Columbine and OKC at a similar point in coverage.
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04-19-2007, 12:42 PM | #189 |
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Merc is right on that they are giving Cho too much air time .
One, we should honor the victim instead of Cho. Two, we are turning Cho into a fucking martyr. The media just told the entire United States that if you want to get a message out to the world, shoot up a school then kill yourself and people will read it. |
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yeah--one thing that disturbs me is they keep saying "the deadliest school shooting ever." That gives sickos incentive to beat the record.
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Eh...maybe. I'm sure that there's some shithead out there thinking, "I can do 34!" But at the same time, Cho may have been a time bomb. The kids from Columbine may have given him some inspiration, but I suspect that his plan wasn't to go for any kind of record...just to hurt people.
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Take a look at the Wikipedia list of school killings, it's interesting reading.
Did you know that in 1927, a disgruntled school board member planted a bomb in a Michigan schoolhouse, killing 45 people? That is the deadliest school massacre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_massacres
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