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elSicomoro · 04-19-2007, 10:48 AM

From the BBC: Police probing the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech University have criticised the decision of US network NBC to show footage of the killer.

My thoughts on this:

1) "If it bleeds, it leads"...that's journalism in today's society. Did the police really expect NBC to sit on it?

2) I think the public should see at least some of Cho's video. It gives us a glimpse into who this guy really was.

At the same time, I think we've officially hit the saturation point with coverage of this. I'm going to quit reading and watching the news for the rest of the day, I think.

04-19-2007, 10:48 AM	#181
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	From the BBC: Police probing the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech University have criticised the decision of US network NBC to show footage of the killer. My thoughts on this: 1) "If it bleeds, it leads"...that's journalism in today's society. Did the police really expect NBC to sit on it? 2) I think the public should see at least some of Cho's video. It gives us a glimpse into who this guy really was. At the same time, I think we've officially hit the saturation point with coverage of this. I'm going to quit reading and watching the news for the rest of the day, I think.