Particularly apt piece from Charlie Brooker about how not to report mass shootings
Collection of yesterday's front pages here:
www.newstatesman.com/blogs/media/2012/07/how-media-shouldnt-cover-mass-murder
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:34,
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but but but
the news outlets do it because 'it's what the people want to see'
even though most, myself included, don't really know what they would want to see. Not much I'm guessing.
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JeremyBeadlesHands, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 10:40,
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Love that show.
But also, great to hear those points from that forensic bloke. Never thought about those things before, but it's completely true.
24hrNCaC
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Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 12:58,
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johann hari wrote an interesting article on that a while back
interesting johann hari article
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tickle I was away, Sun 22 Jul 2012, 15:26,
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