Posted by
jimmytheleg on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 4:15:26 PM
With the latest murders in PA, isn't it time to begin to shift some of the blame to the 24 hour media cycle. I see the constant need to fill the air with tears and fears as adding to the info overload that is effecting these already overloaded minds. We have all of these "suicidal nut jobs" (that is, I think the technical term) who see their ilk committing suicide by cop , and major ink and air time. Now of course they can't just take themselves out, they feel the need to destroy as many families as possible along with their own. My advice to these "people", just pull the trigger on your own messed up life, don't take more good people with you.
Now why do I also blame the news cycle? Because without the constant repeating of the names of the nutjobs, there would be no "breaking news" for all the nets to cover.
I suggest that the nets do what tv sports does when idiots run out onto the field, ignore it.
They let people know that a disturbance is taking place, but the perp DOES NOT get his 15 seconds of fame.
In the future the press should talk about the direct victims of the attacks and leave the, hopefully dead, perp's name out of it.
That is all.