[A Citizen Reporter]

"I woke up to that nutcase ranting on the news. My husband is furious that they are airing it, because he thinks this will inspire other nutcases to make videos and then shoot people, just so they can be famous."

Morning, dragging your comment from the other thread.....

IIRC, the manifesto of the Unibomber was eventually published by the New York Times, however there was far more consternation about whether or not it should be printed for that reason. But in THAT case, the perp hadn't been caught yet, so there was potential value for LE.

In this case you have a network with ratings in the tank, throw the entire content on broadcast airwaves immediately, with hardly any thought at all. It scares me that CHO knew exactly how to play the media, and knew what they would do.

This is descipable, and I note that Shep and the Fox crew are already making excuses for themselves.

I hate the media! (That was for you, dear kayak)

[Miss Marple]

You bet it's for ratings. And NBC, although the worst, isn't the only one. Notice how the cable networks have their custom logos and theme music going for this story. My husband said that this is the signal that this is a "big" story that we are going to hear about for quite a while, whether we want to or not. Much like Chandra Levy, the shark attacks, hurricanes, etc. we are going to get hit with it until another "big" story takes over, and it's all because of ratings.

Son of Professor Librescu is on now and this IS worthwhile...saying the Israeli people see him as an Israeli citizen and soldier reporting for duty and standing in the way to stop the killing.

I think it would be good if there was a memorial to this man, who is the one whose picture we should be seeing 24/7, and NOT the killer's.

[lysie]

Sniff..A few year ago when our dear friend said "I hate the media!" I made this for her.

Not perfect, but it was a good try back then.