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Thread #100928 Message #2030922
Posted By: Ron Davies
20-Apr-07 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: BS: Is Cho Seung-Hui a celebrity now?
Subject: RE: BS: Is Cho Seung-Hui a celebrity now?
I think that neither NBC nor any other outlet should have printed or broadcast some of those pictures--particularly the one with Cho holding 2 pistols. As has been noted, it's too easy for frustrated unstable kids to think " What a bold defiant pose. And he was a loser. Now he's a celebrity. I can too."
They can print all sorts of pictures--just should not do the ones that picture killers in the "romantic outlaw" pose. This is not censorship--and obviously should not be imposed by the government -- it's just the news outlet using its own judgment as to the likely reaction.