Is it me? Lately, particularly since the SCOTUS hearing on 2A, it seems like every local shooting incident has become a national news event.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344312,00.html
Why is this type of thing always national news? This is a town of 3000 people where someone went out of control. If this were a poisoning in this town would it be national news? Would the victims be any less dead if it were a knifing? Why does violence with firearms somehow elevate this to the national stage?
POLITICS - National Coverage of Shooting Incidents
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and even if there wasn't an agenda, media still needs sensationalism to sell themselves, to their editors, to their public.
A random firearm attack is easier to sensationalize than an old lady drowning in her bathtub.
A random firearm attack is easier to sensationalize than an old lady drowning in her bathtub.
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