There have been quite a few shooting sprees lately. It's unfortunate that people have to resort to this but I find it hard to accept that the media will consistently turn the shooter in some kind of "celebrity" by going on and on about the shooter's life, showing his/her pictures, videos etc etc. We have seen times and times again that the shooters' last "wish" is to be famous....Why on earth are granting their wish?
Yes we need to report the news, yes we need to pay tribute to the victims and their families. But we are not obligated to spend days digging and publishing every little details of the life of the shooter.
I think that by making the shooter famous, we "encourage" others to do the same.
The question this week is whether you think that the excessive media coverage of all these shooting sprees encourages copy cats?
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no, they do not encourage copy cats. most shooters go on these rampages b/c they are mentally unstable, and usually (95% of the time) have certain victims in mind. rarely do we hear a shooter claim, "I did it to get on TV."
ReplyDeletehowever, the media does allow for those potential shooters to get ideas....