Without Warning

[drewan]

I started this as a response to ashoemaker's comment, but then decided to post it as a new entry instead.

I can understand NBC airing the video, and even with CNN putting the images on line. But butting it up front, with no warning, is horrible.

I can't go to any adult website without having to click a least one page stating that I'm over 18, and warning that I'll be viewing adult content. But anyone could go to the front page of CNN.com and see the image of a mass murder pointing a gun at them. How fucked up is that?

Comments

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

but it was orchestrated down to the imagery he wanted in the news coverage.

Which seems to me ample reason not to provide such coverage.

[doubleedge.livejournal.com]

I believe that its more important to demonstrate how serious he took the situation than to worry about offending or not fulfilling the killer's vain measures for publicity.

This was not a "I woke up and decided to kill" situation. He nurtured the whole plan to a theatric intricacy.