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SheilaT

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1. Several reasons why the second didn't get as much coverage.

Reply to KentuckyWoman (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 12:08 AM

Oct 2015

But mainly, nine dead at a school is much more dramatic. Plus, three shot does not rise to the definition of mass murder. That takes four or more killed by the shooter.

Perhaps more to the point, each and every day in this country at least thirty people are murdered by guns. If each and every one of those murders became front page news and the lead story on every news cast, maybe people would finally start getting it about just how many people are killed every day with guns. Right now it takes a "mass murder" to engage anyone's interest.

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Another mass shooting [View all] KentuckyWoman Oct 2015 OP

Several reasons why the second didn't get as much coverage. SheilaT Oct 2015 #1

Also the second one was a domestic dispute Egnever Oct 2015 #2

the reason why random shootings always get more attention that family killings is ellenrr Oct 2015 #4

I also noted not long after the Roseburg shooting in Oregon another police shooting also in Oregon.. cascadiance Oct 2015 #3

Again, a very different scenario. SheilaT Oct 2015 #5

I guess I'm thinking that most Americans can't deal with all of these different incidents... cascadiance Oct 2015 #6