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MineralMan

(150,976 posts) Fri Sep 20, 2013, 11:52 AM Sep 2013

A Tale of Two Mass Shootings [View all]

One in Washington DC, at the Navy Yard

One in Chicago, at the School Yard Playground

13 People Shot in Each.

One dominates the news on DU all week.

The other warrants just a couple of posts on DU.

One is hot breaking news.

The other barely breaks at all.

Why is there a difference?

Comments welcome.

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A Tale of Two Mass Shootings [View all] MineralMan Sep 2013 OP

crickets Puzzledtraveller Sep 2013 #1

Thanks for bringing up kidnapping cases! MineralMan Sep 2013 #10

not enough dead people? Raine1967 Sep 2013 #2

Yah, that must be it. MineralMan Sep 2013 #6

one had fatalities, the other didn't Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #3

Ah...so mass shootings don't become news if nobody died? MineralMan Sep 2013 #4

I'm just telling you the media coverage perspective.... Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #7

But DU isn't the media, at least as most people think of the media. MineralMan Sep 2013 #9

So what's your analysis of the two incidents? Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #13

I forgot, I guess. Nobody commented on DU about the MineralMan Sep 2013 #19

Fair point...So what insights can you share after comparing and contrasting the two?? Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #29

Ah, insights. MineralMan Sep 2013 #32

Yes, simple answer is the number killed. morningfog Sep 2013 #14

Nah, I don't think so. MineralMan Sep 2013 #16

Black on black crime doesn't get much attention Kaleva Sep 2013 #5

Ah, the race card... MineralMan Sep 2013 #8

Here's a link to my thread in GD about it Kaleva Sep 2013 #18

Thanks. I saw that one. MineralMan Sep 2013 #20

I'm sitting on the sidelines JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #11

So is just about everyone else, it seems. MineralMan Sep 2013 #12

Well I'm interested JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #24

I hear you. MineralMan Sep 2013 #27

Lead story on CNN... sarisataka Sep 2013 #15

I know. It led the news this morning on CBS radio, which MineralMan Sep 2013 #17

Truthfully, because it's viewed as just another Chicago shooting. MicaelS Sep 2013 #21

I wonder if the families of those who were shot MineralMan Sep 2013 #23

No, I bet they're not unconcerned.. MicaelS Sep 2013 #28

I wanted to raise the question, and see what others thought MineralMan Sep 2013 #30

No one cared about the Navy shooting ileus Sep 2013 #22

Yes, of course. No one at all here has been discussing it since Tuesday. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #40

The race and or social status of the victims and or the (presumed) shooters is my guess. Fumesucker Sep 2013 #25

I was thinking the same thing, of course. MineralMan Sep 2013 #26

The DU dog that did not bark in the night Fumesucker Sep 2013 #33

Because the reporters and politicians don't want Chicago and similar cities to be focused on Lurks Often Sep 2013 #31

I don't think so. The story was the top of the news, MineralMan Sep 2013 #35

I don't watch TV news and only skim headlines on the internet. Lurks Often Sep 2013 #42

I'm guessing that the Chicago incident ... JEFF9K Sep 2013 #34

Ah. But we won't discuss it on DU. MineralMan Sep 2013 #36

The Chicago shooting is a potential minefield of social and racial issues hack89 Sep 2013 #37

By Jove, I think you've got it. MineralMan Sep 2013 #38

I wish you'd just made this the OP Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #44

But that was not what I wanted the thread to be. MineralMan Sep 2013 #46

I get it... Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #48

Why would racial/social issues on a supposed liberal forum make anyone uncomfortable? Blue_Tires Sep 2013 #43

What goes unsaid is also interesting. MineralMan Sep 2013 #45

Crazed gunman violence is more of a threat to public safety than gang violence. SecularMotion Sep 2013 #39

Now that's an interesting way of looking at it. Kaleva Sep 2013 #41

Excellent POV. n/t MicaelS Sep 2013 #51

The Navy Yard shooting was reported as being done with an AR-15 krispos42 Sep 2013 #47

partly because the death toll was higher in DC gopiscrap Sep 2013 #49

More dead people in the first. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #50

BIG difference Warpy Sep 2013 #52