NBC's Staggering Immorality And Greed
Last night on CNN's Anderson Cooper's 360, a guest warned the viewing audience and those in the media to discontinue the constant re-broadcasting of the now sensationalized videotapes sent to NBC from Virginia Tech murderer Cho Seung-Hui. His cautionary advice stemmed from a concern of encouraging and perhaps, motivating, copycat killers in the wake of the tragedy.
We now know that the killer sent these tapes on Monday, in between the two killing sprees, at approximately 9:00 am. NBC received the tapes and media kit on Wednesday and quickly this information was disseminated to the media, and of course to investigators working on the case.
As a person who writes on events in the news, I understand full well that there is an insatiable hunger for news, especially after an event of such magnitude as the VT tragedy. But there needs to be some sort of balance in the coverage.
For NBC to have made the decision to air the video and materials of a selfish lunatic who JUST killed 32 innocent people shows a calculated move of indescribable greed. The campus of Virginia Tech is still reeling from the massacre. Victims are still laying injured in hospital beds and the hearts and minds of those who have been touched by this tragedy are raw and visibly pulsing with pain.
I know I didn't want to see the insane rants of this a**hole and the hateful pictures of him trying to moralize his decision. He's an idiot best left to being unknown, misunderstood by the public and not sensationalized for other would-be jackholes out there who want to hurt the innocent. Antiheroes should not be made compelling. They should be buried, trivialized and ignored.
We really need to start focusing on the victims and their lives. I am offended that I must see this ugly piece of crap's face on the news while the names of those who perished are relegated to the crawl below.
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