Thursday, April 19, 2007
"A Bit of Decency Amidst the Mayhem" [Byron York]
Jane Hamsher, of the popular left-wing blog Firedoglake, is unhappy with NBC's coverage of Virginia Tech:
I've had the sound off all day on MSNBC because I'm having a hard time watching them take a bath in the Virginia Tech shootings, but the video they just aired of the shooter really sent me round the twist.
I remember during Columbine there were measures taken to assure that the gunmen's videos and writings didn't get released to the public, and that they did not become cult heros as a result of their actions. It seemed like a bit of decency amidst the mayhem. I really don't know what's to be gained journalistically by broadcasting the killer's videos other than a ratings bonanza, but it seems quite ghoulish.
Hamsher was a Hollywood producer before she began blogging. Her best-known credit was
Natural Born Killers.
04/19 07:16 AM
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