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Graphic video of Kirk shooting shows how media gatekeeper role has changed
- duxup 1y agoI recall a study where researchers interviewed shooters and they determined what shooters like (focus on their manifestos, scenes of panic, etc), and what they don't like (talk about victims, communities coming together). The idea being they could maybe discourage some folks who thought their actions would make them out to be a hero by limiting coverage to the things they like. Now with social media and these sort of media and outrage rabbit holes ... not sure what the folks who do these things are watching. Personally I've no interests in seeing the graphic stuff on the news, I've long since decided I'm better off not seeing it.
- zahlman 1y ago> One person on X urged “stop the violence” but then included a clip of the shooting. The word "but" is normally used to indicate a contradiction, but there is no contradiction here. Depicting something is not endorsing it.