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tacocat  ·  3177 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Shooting in chattanooga, 5 dead.

I was gonna snarkily post comparing the media reaction to this with the reaction to the South Carolina church shooting but I couldn't find the right balance of sarcasm and indignation.

Honestly this isn't national news and the South Carolina shooting isn't either. Bear with me for a second, but when doctors recommended that local papers not report on teen suicides a local teen suicide meme was contained versus when it was news and the phenomena spread after it was widely reported. This affects Chattanooga and that's about it. It doesn't need to be widely reported but being widely reported is exactly what spree killers seek. I suppose I'm asking for responsible journalism in the era of the 24 hour media circus and that's just an unreasonable request.





OftenBen  ·  3176 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I find it crazy that we have essentially a study of epidemiological memetics that affects things like teen suicide rates. It's a cool world we live in.

user-inactivated  ·  3177 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah. I think the 24hr news system, both on TV and the internet, also contributes to the idea that crime is getting worse and worse in the states, when actually it's been steadily dropping for a decade or so.