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TheVenerableCain · 3436 days ago · link · · parent · post: There have been 204 mass shootings — and 204 days — in 2015 so far
The media does seem to have a great effect. Want to die, kill someone, and be famous? Mass shooting. Media swarms and your face is plastered on everyone's TV screen all over the country. As it is, all the news stations hone in on everything about the shooter and give minor condolences to the victims. If we focused on the victims of the shooting and downplayed the shooter as much as possible or even ignored him altogether, I'd be willing to bet we'd see a sharp decline in mass shootings because the incentive of being made famous as quickly and easily as possible is taken away.