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They may be using the news coverage to further their effect, but I do not think they are as "led" by the media reports as some have believed or suggested. Think about how much they were taunted last Friday about not doing anything on the weekends. Why, we had only had one weekend prior to that in which these shootings were happening...How could anyone get a clear picture at that early date that he DID not shoot--NEVER WOULD shoot--anyone on the weekends! Everytime I heard the media and experts reporting last Friday that his pattern was not to hit on the weekends, I expected that we might just see a shooting on the weekend to prove the media wrong. But...Nothing happened on the weekend! If this person (or group as many of us feel it might more likely be) was/were motivated by media reports, we would have seen something happen this past weekend. Those reports apparently did not effect them--I suppose a shooting this weekend did not fit into meeting their needs.

I suppose a shooting this weekend did not fit into meeting their needs.

Because the shootings coincide with the news cycle. Weekends are slow for news--people tend not to watch.

Purpose is maximum news impact; terror is the goal.

They may be using the news coverage to further their effect, but I do not think they are as "led" by the media reports as some have believed or suggested. . . .

If this person (or group as many of us feel it might more likely be) was/were motivated by media reports, we would have seen something happen this past weekend. Those reports apparently did not effect them . . . .

You articulate these points very well. I believe this reinforces the belief the shooter(s) have a plan and follow it, regardless of what is reported in the media. We have well disciplined, organized terrorists running this operation IMHO.