Aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre

[fpb]

So the murderous moron who killed 32 innocent people because he felt like it sent a video detailing his rotten little excuses before he did the only right thing and killed himself. All right. But can anyone give me any reason why TV and radio news broadcasts should subject us to extensive excerpts from his ugly screed, from which we can draw neither education nor pleasure?

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[lazy-neutrino.livejournal.com]

In the USA - because it will attract viewers, which pleases advertisers. Over here, I don't know. Because if they don't, the competition will?

I don't know. If I think something is in poor taste, I turn it off. For example, I don't watch any reality shows. Listening only to Radio 4 makes life a little easier, but either their standards are slipping or I am growing old.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Oh, I turn it off too. At once. It was just that the very fact that it was placed on the news disgusted me, even though I could turn it off. They wasted time that could have been given to something useful, or even to some stupid cute fluffy story about animals.