Mass shooters crave media coverage and their place in the killer canon. As a deterrent against this behavior, the names and faces of mass shooters need to be forever removed from our media reporting. Committing acts of tremendous evil should not be rewarded with the eternal infamy these murderers seek.
Yesterday, the Broward County State Attorney’s Office released videos the Parkland shooter recorded on his cellphone prior to the massacre delineating his plans and motives for the shooting. Most major media outlets reported on the videos, with many posting the actual videos. The release of these videos is routine by a state’s attorney office as a matter of evidence in the ongoing judicial process. However, the media choosing to post the videos warrants serious discussion about the value of seeing the videos rather than reading the transcript of what the killer said.
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