Another school shooting.

[Jayems]

where are you guys getting these numbers?

Some first had accounts:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/6561335.stm

I'm sitting here at college, and couldn't imagine what this would be like.

[Ice]

AP keeps updating. I also heard 32 dead at least 28 injured.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by fotze

32 now.

Another candidate for anal cancer?

Where do you see 32? I see either 22 or 29 from the news agencies.

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by Burninator

You do realize that the ads are random and not intentionally coincided with the story at hand?

I'm not the one who wrote it, but the person that did write it is right. It's a sponsor, correct, but CNN should have the balls to put another sponsor in place in an event like this. How dumb can they be?

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

CNN is classy as always, the banner ads that come up with that story are for a life insurance company.

Sidebar debate in a terrible thread . . . . . I think the ads that pop up are provided by a service that in turn might know something regarding your location or demographic, not something specifically planted by CNN.

Secondly, its actually up to the institution advertising to pull their ads if they think circumstances warrant.

It used to be that airlines would pull all advertising in newspapers on news of a plane crash somewhere in the world as one example.

Cowperson

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by fleury

I'm not the one who wrote it, but the person that did write it is right. It's a sponsor, correct, but CNN should have the balls to put another sponsor in place in an event like this. How dumb can they be?

Ad's are automatically placed based on keywords on a page. They don't have control over it.

It's the same for most google ads you see on forums and other pages.

[Bob]

Fox is reporting 32 fatalities, but I've seen no other reports that back this claim. BBC and CNN are saying 29 fatalities now.

Like other events of this type, the initial casualty reports are usually much higher then the final tally. I can recall hearing estimates of 20-30,000 dead after 9/11, so I'm hoping that the numbers aren't as bad as claimed.

[beachy]

WOW - so sad and scary......Deadliest school shooting in US history

its hard to imagine what could possibly provoke such a terrible thing

[calgARI]

There was a minor shooting at V-Tech earlier in the school year I believe.

[Jayems]

Every site i go to says 21 (including CNN and AP)... can someone please link to where it says 30+

[Bob]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Every site i go to says 21 (including CNN and AP)... can someone please link to where it says 30+

http://www.foxnews.com/

Edit: the Wikipedia article now says that federal authorities have confirmed 32 fatalities, but I wouldn't trust that yet, as I've seen many edits and reverts over the past few minutes, and many claims have no citations.

[Jayems]

Originally Posted by Bob

http://www.foxnews.com/

That was my next on the list ty

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by beachy

WOW - so sad and scary......Deadliest school shooting in US history

its hard to imagine what could possibly provoke such a terrible thing

There is nothing that could provoke something this. I don't see what is so your terrible in your own head that you can warrant others to die for it. Despicable. What was the reason for the Columbine kids? Rock music and being left out? Can't these people seek out or help or at least wrap their lips around a pistol and save the victims families all this grief?

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Burninator

You do realize that the ads are random and not intentionally coincided with the story at hand?

Actually, the ads generally arent random at all. They are generated from keywords related to the story you are reading. The theory being that you are interested in reading about x, so they tailor the ads towards x. Pointing to CNN is probably oversimplifying, as it is the ad company that generates this ad. But I have seen numerous airline ads on articles about plane crashes, etc. It's just one of those times where the ad-bot generates a ridiculous response.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Jayems

Every site i go to says 21 (including CNN and AP)... can someone please link to where it says 30+

The ABC link I posted on page one is still at 29. We're well past the point where the number rising simply can't get any more mind numbing.

[Jayems]

Originally Posted by Snakeeye

The ABC link I posted on page one is still at 29. We're well past the point where the number rising simply can't get any more mind numbing.

Absolutely. It just seemed random numbers were being thrown out by these networks.

[Azure]

Wow.

So sad.

[FireFly]

I heard that the shooter was looking for his ex-girlfriend and lined up students execution style to shoot them. Wow.

Whoops. trippin already said that. I heard it too, though.

[Delthefunky]

Wow this is terrible no matter how many people are dead. Sad that people come to do stuff like this.

[RougeUnderoos]

Headline News now saying 31.

Weird coverage on that channel. "President Bush will address the nation..." and "classes cancelled" are the headlines and they've also said that today is the 8th anniversary of the Columbine shootings, which is not true.

edit: press conference right now, "at least 20" said some guy in a uniform