More than a correlation with drugs or parenting, I'm really interested in the relationship between MEDIA COVERAGE and political opportunism, and mass killings.
Killing during a robbery, a drug deal, or because someone slept with your wife - that's just murder. A "mass shooting", particularly at a school, - that's to make a statement. It's the "statement" part that's got me.
The MSM and politicians spin this into a much, much, bigger story just to serve their agenda. The audience reacts, and gives it more juice, then the MSM and politicians milk it for every drop they can. They maximize coverage, and amplify it's meaningfulness as a statement.
As a consequence, other twisted souls that want to do something meaningful now have a model. Terrorists don't bomb buses and cafe's just to kill/wound a dozen people. They do it for the coverage. This has really bothered me since the Columbine news buffet.
I'd love to see the headline read "Looser Teen Killer Motivated By CNN's Sandy Hook Coverage"
Killing during a robbery, a drug deal, or because someone slept with your wife - that's just murder. A "mass shooting", particularly at a school, - that's to make a statement. It's the "statement" part that's got me.
The MSM and politicians spin this into a much, much, bigger story just to serve their agenda. The audience reacts, and gives it more juice, then the MSM and politicians milk it for every drop they can. They maximize coverage, and amplify it's meaningfulness as a statement.
As a consequence, other twisted souls that want to do something meaningful now have a model. Terrorists don't bomb buses and cafe's just to kill/wound a dozen people. They do it for the coverage. This has really bothered me since the Columbine news buffet.
I'd love to see the headline read "Looser Teen Killer Motivated By CNN's Sandy Hook Coverage"
Last edited: