Is the Media encouraging murder?

In light of the recent rash of school shootings, I am compelled to share a thought....

Is the media turning these Killers into celebrities overnight, prompting more mentally disturbed individuals to react in a similiar manner based soley on the attention recieved by the killings? Did Columbine create a new breed of Mansons?

Is Infamy what is being sought out?

If so, are these stories being ran intentionally to encourage a meltdown of society by the media? A Fear propagates Fear type of campaign?

I can't help but notice that everytime something like this happens (and it's happening a lot more lately) that the media gives us every little minute detail about the killer, the front page on the magazine. Meanwhile the victims are all on tiny little squares on one page and we hear little or nothing of them.

I feal that if you must report on such an atrocity, then glorify the victims and not the killer, give respect and honor to the victims and I bet we would see a decline in shool shootings. We are what we eat... and if this is what our televisions are feeding us.....

The scary thing is, I believe the media knows it....


Just a thought I felt like sharing.

reply to post by kleverone

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Yes. The media's reaction to these situations is certainly influential on these "people".

The root cause IMHO is the overmedication of the American people. The FDA knowingly approves drugs that have horrible side effects that are prescribed in increasingly higher dosages to increasingly more and younger patients. Guns have always been readily available in this country but it has only been after the great medication of the American public since the late 80's and early 90's that mass shootings have become epidemic. Not only that but gun-free zones kill people. We must expand the right to carry concealed and people will better be able to protect themselves from this kind of thing. Of course, that would be contrary to "their" plans.

reply to post by kleverone

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I do think that disturbed individuals *are* being encouraged by coverage of massacres but I do not believe that the media is deliberately egging these people on. People need to be informed about current events, so, in this sense, the media is merely doing its job. To use an analogy, fire should not be outlawed merely because some misuse it.

reply to post by kleverone

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That's right let the prisioners out of their cages amongst society and do their thing, and we will make you into a book story, or Americas most wanted overnight, M.v.p's of holiday shopping sprees.

Ask yourselves this how many are being recognised as genuis amongst the media or psychologists as they plot their demise?

Ohh the ego how it loves the media coverage.

Killers want coverage they are egotists in there extreme form.

The media is encouraging it in the sense that, every time one of these stories is reported, it habituates the populace to this type of behavior. It desensitizes the populace to violence such as this in the same way that video games do (go ahead, flame on...but it's the truth) and therefore makes it seem more "normal" as a reaction to disappointment or anger. Also, energy has to go somewhere and reports of this behavior encourage it as an acceptable outlet for agression when societal tension spikes.

These events enter into our collective consciousness and become a meme. Behavior and ideas are contagious throughout society.

meme central





[edit on 15/2/08 by kosmicjack]

"Out of sight Out of Mind"

The more we condone the actions by making you americas top egotists the more we will embody them.


The Earth is going to be flushing these type of people off it, along with wolves hunting wolves.

In the light their is only one true form love. Their bodies cannot hold onto a higher frequency and it makes them short circuit, no really.


[edit on 15-2-2008 by menguard]

Something else to pay attention to.
The LACK of legitimate news. These murders do happen, but do they deserve to usurp all of the broadcast time.

Frankly it almost seems like pretend news. it is part of a growing national syndrome I call; emotionally charged non-news.

It's like this. Basically, really important things are happening all over the place, and we cannot let the populous know it. How do we do this? Report on things that really are not news, and make sure they are very emotional so that it seems like news.

Honestly CBS who, gives a (censored) about the dog show in New York? When the dogs make a gang called k9 and start robbing people THAT is news.

The rapidly falling dollar and rising grocery prices are news. Ethanol is not. (nor is it practical, but this is ignored)

The fact that one person killed another is not news, no one is surprised, and it does not help the general population. It is merely an attempt to keep us away from the important stuff, God forbid we learn how badly we're getting screwed. Just run something stupid and put as much sadness or happiness as can be dramatically shoved into it. We all are supposed to watch and decide thats all we need to know.

[edit on 17-2-2008 by sickleye]