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Originally Posted by SeeBass
I dont care what his name is.
I really wish these people were known only as "the shooter" no face, no name, nothing.
Report the crime not the criminals identity. Mention town, place, whatever but no names let them go down as just a nobody in jail/history.
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Not only that, but all the analysis shows that making the shooter some sort of anti-hero and plastering his face all over the news acts as encouragement for like-minded people who are in dark places in their lives. The media effectively turns the killer into a martyr. I get that they have to report the incident, but doing so a lot with a lot less sensationalism would do wonders for reducing these types of incidents.