I agree that the Atlanta shooting has a greater impact, but what truly bothered me was that I couldn't find anything but brief mentions of the Wisconsin incident. Fox News would run the same old stuff (for the umpteenth time) on Atlanta, then go on to other news, and then, maybe, there would be mention of Wisconsin.
Geraldo Rivera is still, at this hour, going over and over the same ground. There isn't room for maybe one-tenth the coverage of Wisconsin that there is of Atlanta?
The police will not release the name of the shooter or those killed...
I have thought about this tragic murder spree and suicide and the coverage...I believe three things are missing in the story that drive a story..(besides the fact that a major story was already filling the air and Saturday is a bad day for news coverage)
Mystery about who did it, the fact that the murderer and the murdered are not well known( so far we have no clue about their identities) or do not have positions in our law enforcement/judicial system...There is no anxiety about finding a dangerous criminal, whether he will kill again or whether he will be tried and convicted..
When the names of the victims are published, there will be stories published sbout the losses and more will be revealed sbout the murderer.
May God comfort those who mourn.