Kids are raised on the morals and lessons of television nowadays. And given the quality programming of television, the future is bleak.

Are you saying they need to bring back Sesame Street?

If everyone was more like Lovie Smith, we wouldn't have these problems.

I sure don't believe guns are helping any, but what is causing all of this anger, despair, total disregard for human life in the first place?

Both parents working not enough time with kids?

Divorce rate much higher than successful marriage rate?

Single parent homes?

Economy, not enough good jobs, despair?

Mental illnesses either over or under prescribed?

Not enough God? Too much God?

Desensitization (Movies, Video Games, Music lyrics etc....)?

Parents can no longer discipline kids as in the past? (Spanking in public could lead to arrest etc...)

etc....etc.....etc.....

The internet and to an extent video games. People being able to simulate an alternate life outside of reality. Absurd, insane and unfathomable thoughts that would be squashed in reality are allowed to incubate inside this alternate and created reality.

Media coverage. People get shot in Chicago on a regular basis, but it does not get the national coverage.

How often exactly do 20 kids and 6 school staff get shot in Chicago?

I agree it is media coverage, but not that it isn't getting enough.

The manner in which these events are being covered and reported is disgusting. The media has inadvertently given disturbed individuals a pinnacle for which to reach in their planning process.

"XYZ school has 26 confirmed dead, which was more than ABC school years ago..."

CNN was interviewing children moments after the tragedy in Newtown. Homicidal minds want to be remembered, and we are glorifying their attacks under the guise of "raising awareness".

I agree with this.

There was a good interview on the BBC last year or so of an "Expert", can't remember the field, but the anchors were asking him how the medias coverage might contribute to further massacres etc. down the line.

He pretty much said that everything the media does while covering the massacres/violence contributes. 24 hours of announcing how many dead, plastering the shooters name, picture, history, motivations, what weapons were used, how the murders were committed (incredibly detailed), talking about how it ranks compared to other massacres. And then there was the sirens being played in the background during the reports, constant video of crying parents, constant interviews of other experts saying how awful this is....and on and on.

He said it gives someone something to aim for (pardon the pun), gives them detailed information, what weapons to use, what the reactions of law enforcement will be, lets them know that they will be forever remembered in history.

I found it interesting.

I agree with this.

There was a good interview on the BBC last year or so of an "Expert", can't remember the field, but the anchors were asking him how the medias coverage might contribute to further massacres etc. down the line.

He pretty much said that everything the media does while covering the massacres/violence contributes. 24 hours of announcing how many dead, plastering the shooters name, picture, history, motivations, what weapons were used, how the murders were committed (incredibly detailed), talking about how it ranks compared to other massacres. And then there was the sirens being played in the background during the reports, constant video of crying parents, constant interviews of other experts saying how awful this is....and on and on.

He said it gives someone something to aim for (pardon the pun), gives them detailed information, what weapons to use, what the reactions of law enforcement will be, lets them know that they will be forever remembered in history.

I found it interesting.

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He has put Joe Biden in charge of it. This should be interesting.

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You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why.

It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody.

CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next.

You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news.

No, he did not say that.