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Mojorabbit

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10. It is the media giving celebrity status to the gunman from the other day
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 01:00 PM
Dec 2012

I have read that is the worst thing the media can do as others on the margins begin to think of doing the same thing for the notoriety.

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This is epidemic Flashmann Dec 2012 #1
+1 n/t crim son Dec 2012 #2
It is the media giving celebrity status to the gunman from the other day Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #10
People have a right to know marions ghost Dec 2012 #14
People don't need 24/7 coverage, though lbrtbell Dec 2012 #16
The news is always exploitative...but they seem to give people what they want. marions ghost Dec 2012 #23
HOLIDAY HYSTERIA OR END OF TIMES?? ROBROX Dec 2012 #15
Once again and still Reio88 Dec 2012 #3
Why? B Stieg Dec 2012 #5
It's not a one or the other proposition primavera Dec 2012 #6
"Violence and rage" have always been present in our society. thucythucy Dec 2012 #11
Rank and file Wermacht and Soviet soldiers who LanternWaste Dec 2012 #24
Ohforcryingoutloud!!!!! calimary Dec 2012 #4
Ah, another day... primavera Dec 2012 #7
"Shoot em' up cowboys".... glinda Dec 2012 #8
fucking heaven05 Dec 2012 #9
Yipee ki-yay m-fers! durablend Dec 2012 #12
It seems the NRA and the like are getting what they wanted.. and-justice-for-all Dec 2012 #13
Can't there be a "security screening" goclark Dec 2012 #17
I think I'd rather get shot than get groped to go see a movie. NM high density Dec 2012 #18
I hear your point goclark Dec 2012 #19
Is it actually a new epidemic -- or are we now just paying attention? mainer Dec 2012 #20
Wild West Shootout America! Tea Party good times...!! Bang Bang Conflict resolution for morons!...nt Evasporque Dec 2012 #21
Good thing the off-duty officer shot him before anyone else was hurt or killed n/t Bacchus4.0 Dec 2012 #22
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