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In reply to the discussion: I Guess A Mass Shooting Isn't That Unique Anymore.... [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)44. Liveleak was the most convenient place to go
But back in the spring, these clips were shared/viewed tens of millions of times on Twitter and Facebook.
But the bottom line is you can't sensationalize people's deaths on the off chance that the next potential mass shooter will change his ways because he saw bullet-riddled bodies and faces on the front page of his local fishwrap... Besides, what happens when those images lose their shock value?
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And the WH press sec. tweets out a doctored video to accuse a reporter of assault.
brush
Nov 2018
#9
307 was the last figure I heard. Three-hundred-and-seven - just so far THIS YEAR.
calimary
Nov 2018
#10
I'm guessing much of it has to do with the timing -- there aren't very good visuals by now.
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2018
#8
Yeah, I heard one reporter mention it was the 8th mass shooting since the synagogue 11 days prior.
RockRaven
Nov 2018
#27
There was plenty of graphic bloody raw footage from Stoneman Douglas on social media
Blue_Tires
Nov 2018
#35
global, you may be right, but we just had a hotly contested mid-term election which is still
Nitram
Nov 2018
#33
Has 45 made *any* remark about the shooting ? Does he acknowledge it happened at all ? nt
eppur_se_muova
Nov 2018
#38