If there is one thing that the mainstream legacy media loves to publicize, it’s a mass shooting.
Ironically, that’s true even when the shooter is clearly from the political left’s side of things (which is often the case).
Now, the media will argue that they publicize shootings because people need to know what is going on in our country (as if the mainstream legacy media actually provided unbiased and complete news coverage).
Other people argue that the media publicizes shootings because “if it bleeds, it leads,” meaning that they put shootings on the front page because it attracts eyeballs, which is what advertisers pay for.
There’s a very real problem with publicizing mass shootings, though, and our story today highlights why publicizing shootings is a problem. Jack Phillips writes,
The White House said on Aug. 28 that officials arrested a juvenile in Washington who was allegedly threatening violence against a school after a mass shooting in Minneapolis a day earlier.
“There was an arrest of a juvenile right here in [Washington] in Ward 7 for threats to kidnap and injure, receiving stolen property, possession of a large capacity feeding device, [and] unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
“A search warrant was executed, seven firearms were recovered, and the juvenile was arrested after an investigation was initiated based on social media posts allegedly threatening violence towards a school.”
Now, Phillips story didn’t explicitly talk about why we shouldn’t publicize mass shootings, but it did imply it: the very real problem of copycat killers.
Unfortunately, there are people who will be influenced by the news coverage to copy an active shooter incident, and that means more innocent people injured and killed.
And it’s clear that many mass shooters go on their killing sprees precisely for the posthumous notoriety and fame.
It’s like a sick, twisted attempt at gaining immortality, no belief in God needed (in that way of thinking).
So, to prevent those who want notoriety in death and those who would copy them, we shouldn’t publicize or spend tons of news time on mass shootings.
Don’t encourage more killings, and deny killers the fame that they so desperately wanted.
