1 Killed in Shootings at Virginia Tech

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by BaylorBean

Picture on the front page of CNN is totally uncalled for.

While I was a bit surprised went I opened it up, maybe a just a bit surprised, when I saw what the others had up......just did not seem all that over the top..
http://www.foxnews.com/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266683,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/18/vte...ing/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18169776/
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...er_sent_videos
http://www.slate.com/id/2164457/fr/nl/

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by jon1856

While I was a bit surprised went I opened it up, maybe a just a bit surprised, when I saw what the others had up......just did not seem all that over the top..
http://www.foxnews.com/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266683,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/18/vte...ing/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18169776/
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...er_sent_videos
http://www.slate.com/id/2164457/fr/nl/

Aren't they all over the top? How are they anything other than mere sensationalism?

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Aren't they all over the top? How are they anything other than mere sensationalism?

Ya...

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by BaylorBean

Picture on the front page of CNN is totally uncalled for.

Gah. What is wrong with the media??? Showing pictures and stuff is one thing...but the front page of ALL the sites is 100% uncalled for and just plain out wrong.

At some point if something like this happens again (I pray that it will never happen again....but you never know) I am hoping that the killer leaves a suicide note blaming the media for some of it....maybe they they will wake up and see how wrong they are.

[jon1856]

I missed the 'Nets:
http://www.cbsnews.com/
http://abcnews.go.com/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

Gah. What is wrong with the media??? Showing pictures and stuff is one thing...but the front page of ALL the sites is 100% uncalled for and just plain out wrong.

I'm not in journalism, so if anyone is, please correct me if I'm wrong - but everyone (regardless if it's MSN, NBC, CNN, whoever) wants to have the "big story" of the moment for a few reasons: they want to build credibility (as being "THE source for breaking news", which of course equals more viewers which leads to other benefits for them.

(remember when Anna Nicole/Britney's shaved head was on every channel and newspaper?)

They aren't gonna say, "Oh, well, we're CNN, and NBC already has this story because the package was sent to them, so let's post pictures or something else instead."

My point is, they are there to inform us (among other things) which is what their doing. Granted, the news coverage is a bit much - but I think it's because it's such a huge story that has touched so many people.

I definitely agree that it is a lot because like someone else already said "it might make some other nutjob want to go out and top it".

Anyway, just wanted to throw that out there.

[Denise_DPhiE]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

I'm not in journalism, so if anyone is, please correct me if I'm wrong - but everyone (regardless if it's MSN, NBC, CNN, whoever) wants to have the "big story" of the moment for a few reasons: they want to build credibility (as being "THE source for breaking news", which of course equals more viewers which leads to other benefits for them.

(remember when Anna Nicole/Britney's shaved head was on every channel and newspaper?)

There is nothing like a national tragedy to wipe out the previous news stories ANNA NICOLE WHO, BRITTANY WHO AND (ducks head), DELTA ZETA WHO?

I do fear for the parents - they will never have a full nights rest. They will be bothered in public, people will come to their home and I am sure the press will sit on their lawn for a month. I only heard one thing about them, they own or work in a dry cleaner and they made no statement to the press. Is this all we know? (stayed away from TV due to illness this week but hubby turned on TV at night)

I received word from one of our NPC delegates to wear orange and maroon Friday in memory of those who have been lost, those who are wounded and all the families effected by this horrible tragedy. Since we did not have a chapter at VT, we are amongst the lucky.

[SWTXBelle]

I am a weekly columnist. My column next week will obviously have to be about the tragedy at VT. I discuss the killings at Univ. of Texas in 1966 and the Killeen Luby's massacre of 1996. I never mention the killers, and I make a point at the end that the endless glorification of these animals is wrong. You have to report the news, but you do not have to make media stars of the killers. I end my column with a list of the names we should remember - the victims at UT, Luby's and Va Tech. They are the ones who should be remembered - the unborn child and the woman killed trying to help her stricken fiance in Austin, the couple who had just celebrated their 47th anniversary in Killeen, the Eagle Scout who kept his cool, the professor who sacrificed his life for his students, the Pi Phi who was injured as she went to help her sister -this should be the focus.
And while I hope the parents of this latest killer are safe, I do think it fair to ask - How did they not know their son was in such an awful mental state? I realize the university was in a horrible situation - I know they cannot necessarily contact the parents (when I taught college I could not even give parents their children's grades because of privacy issues) - but I can't help but wonder - as, in all fairness I'm sure they are now - how could they have missed this?

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Buttonz

Gah. What is wrong with the media??? Showing pictures and stuff is one thing...but the front page of ALL the sites is 100% uncalled for and just plain out wrong.

At some point if something like this happens again (I pray that it will never happen again....but you never know) I am hoping that the killer leaves a suicide note blaming the media for some of it....maybe they they will wake up and see how wrong they are.

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