I don’t know if it may be a factor, but when such events happen we are bombarded by countless hours of news coverage from every imaginable angle on so many networks and by numerous news agencies. Neighbors, friends, childhood friends of the assailants, classmates, law-enforcement agencies, teachers, emergency services, and GQ public are all caught up in the news programs. This happens for hours at a time.
Might all this coverage start a flow of people getting caught up in the frenzy so they may become famous as well? It is almost like putting blood in the water where sharks roam. Likewise some people seek attention and this is certainly a way to achieve it. It so happens that they may also have a few loose screws in their decision-making abilities.
Understandably so news agencies make their living from covering such activities, but at a point could their coverage be too much (over the top). On their shows you have the additional news commentators and experts that expand upon the news events until it is no longer the news, but network programming. This is almost like art imitating life that is imitating art. Can we find a way to get off this merry-go-round and curve trends such as this?
Without point fingers of blame can this trend be addressed in a way that addresses public welfare and safety? We really need to consider what sort of monsters we are creating with all this media attention. FYI!
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