Yes. In
The gift of fear" author Gavin DeBecker talks about this, and has suggested (my paraphrasing) that rather than glorifying the shooters, the newspapers and TV should refer to them as "typical losers" as in ...another typical loser acted like a complete loser moron... and then spend all the rest of the time on the people who were killed or injured, barely mentioning the perp's name.
Surely, no payoff for them as regards fame and notoriety.
Also found this excellent site:
www.justfacts.com
Supposedly rigorous fact checking about many topics including gun ownership and crime in the us and other countries.