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The reason streaking at sports spectacles is not a thing anymore is because sports broadcasters refuse to show the streakers on TV or even talk about it when it
by guelo 11y ago
The reason streaking at sports spectacles is not a thing anymore is because sports broadcasters refuse to show the streakers on TV or even talk about it when it happens. It's a form of censorship but it has worked, streaking is very rare at sports events nowadays.
I think the same effect could work for mass shootings, If all the media organizations refused to broadcast any info about mass shootings it would probably reduce the number of incidents. Unfortunately it seems unlikely that the news industry as a whole would collaborate and agree to censor themselves in this way, especially since there is a legitimate public danger while the incident is ongoing. Government is prohibited by the constitution from getting involved in media censorship so it would have to be done by the media companies themselves. And of course nowadays we have social media so it's even harder to enforce any kind of censorship.
- dragonwriter 11y agoStreaking in general has become less popular than at its height, even when not done in contexts that would involve medias attention. I suspect that the drop in popularity in all contexts is because it was a passing cultural fad that burned itself out, and that the degree of media attention specifically in public events with a media presence (which also tends to have large audiences that aren't viewing through a media filter) had minimal, of any, impact.
- awakeasleep 11y agoIt didn't help streaking to take it from a harmless prank to something that can easily put you on the sex offender list and ruin your whole life.