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Maybe there is commentary about this somewhere, but I have not seen it. Our Media (ABC/CBS/NBC and itty bitty CNN) are quite SICK and out of control...

Before there was Mass Communication, there were very few Mass Shooting (Texas Tower shooting at the University of Texas campus in the 1960s comes to mind as the exception...

Then the MEDIA has hyped Mass Shootings so that the shooter becomes a 'Rock Star'.

1 posted on 08/21/2019 10:10:49 PM PDT by topher
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This is another very good reason to ban gun free zones and carry a weapon. Always.


2 posted on 08/21/2019 10:20:19 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought))
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To: topher

Foreseen by QT in “Natural Born Killers.”


3 posted on 08/21/2019 10:22:17 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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Yup. They won’t show someone running across the baseball field because they don’t want to award them the publicity or inspire copy-cats.

But, a mass shooting: that boosts their revenue and furthers their agenda, so TALLY-HO on the coverage!


4 posted on 08/21/2019 10:27:48 PM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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For YEARS, I have said that these shootings should not be made public due to the press glorifying the coverage and encouraging more of the same.


6 posted on 08/22/2019 12:00:42 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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IMO they are also responsible for the ‘cop killing ‘ epidemic that has swept the country.
By sensationalizing white cop v poor innocent black perp they’ve put a target on the backs of police.
Heck they are even dredging up Ferguson, MO. again.


10 posted on 08/22/2019 2:00:03 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: topher
Stress-Induced Schizophrenia brought on by the media creates Stochastic Terrorism

11 posted on 08/22/2019 2:34:58 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: topher; Equine1952; gundog; Darteaus94025; Ex gun maker.; Cobra64; Does so; Vinnie; ...
Bill Whittle and Scott Ott put out a great video a couple of weeks ago that I highly recommend on this (which cobra64 explicitly voiced in his post at #6):

How to Stop Mass Shootings Like El Paso and Dayton>

The whole video is great to watch, but if you want the nut of it, go to the second link below which takes you right to the part:

Scott Ott asks the question and Bill Whittle responds at 7 minutes in-direct link

Basically: Stop making celebrities out of them. It is what what the nutbags want. Now, to be clear, it serves the ends of the Leftists in general and the media in particular (they not only get to inflame emotions to get things they want like gun control, it also allows them to exploit the "if it bleeds it leads" thing and make money at the same time.

And this isn't just Bill Whittle saying this, as he explains in the video, this is people whose specialty is studying the mind of the people who do these things. They have been saying for years that even giving their name should be discouraged.

(NOTE: One thing to point out is that Scott Ott is no Leftist, he is set up in this forum they use to be the "Leftist" and it is his task to ask the question the way a Leftist would frame it...and he does such a good job at it that I have to keep reminding myself that is not who he is, he is an excellent conservative, but...he plays the part so well he occasionally irritates me until I remember he is playacting...something to keep in mind...:)

12 posted on 08/22/2019 4:30:57 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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"Corrupt/Stupid/INCOMPETENT Media are making ROCK STARS of Mass Shooters"

...and Corrupt/Stupid/INCOMPETENT politicians.

There's a pattern here. Millions of Americans don't seem to see it.

13 posted on 08/22/2019 5:33:33 AM PDT by Savage Beast (When the Light of Truth threatens to expose corruption, it's the corrupt who try to extinguish it.)
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Hows this any different than making ‘rock stars’ of the mentally-deficient like AOC, of Traitors like Hillary, like that anti-semites Tlaib miscreant. and of liars/cheats/frauds like themselves who cant wait to spew their non-fact/illogic/contrivances/un-american opinions and smears of anything/anyone who doesn’t agree with THEM ???

BOYCOTT ALL THESE DETESTABLE LEFTARDS


14 posted on 08/22/2019 6:01:23 AM PDT by elbook
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