Good Morning, have you been shot at yet today?

[MR2 Fan]

"Another mass shooting" could be the quote of the decade.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/02/us/san...ing/index.html

[Jason]

Yawn.

[novicius]

I view mass shootings as just another way right-wingers are trying to troll me. #dontfeedthetrolls

[LHutton]

Mass-shooters have no staying power. It's the continuous limited quantity shooters that do the real damage.

[21Kid]

[George]

I continue to believe these horrible crimes would happen less often if they weren't given so much news coverage.

Others will disagree, I'm sure, but I say to report them on page 8 of the newspaper instead of showing constant footage and discussion all over the TV and the internet for days and days after each occurrence.

There's a young lady who sits near me at work. She leaves her smart-phone on vibrate and I hear it buzzing on her desk every ten minutes, if not more often. No exaggeration. I don't know how she gets anything done with that thing going off constantly. A short time ago, her phone went off again, and she announced to everyone within earshot, "Uh oh, another mass shooting!"

I don't think this is the kind of news coverage we need. I believe there are some folks out there who might otherwise silently suffer with their personal demons but never hurt anyone, but then when they hear this sort of thing over and over, day after day, and seconds after each occurrence, I think they may become desensitized to it, and even start to think it might be a good thing to do.

I think the late, great Paul Harvey had the right idea when he would report crimes of national interest on his daily radio shows like this: "A man robbed a bank today in San Francisco. He would like me to mention his name."

But no, the news stations and websites need ratings to sell advertising, so they hire Nancy Grace to make superstars out of these animals.

[MR2 Fan]

I continue to believe these horrible crimes would happen less often if they weren't given so much news coverage.

Others will disagree, I'm sure, but I say to report them on page 8 of the newspaper instead of showing constant footage and discussion all over the TV and the internet for days and days after each occurrence.

There's a young lady who sits near me at work. She leaves her smart-phone on vibrate and I hear it buzzing on her desk every ten minutes, if not more often. No exaggeration. I don't know how she gets anything done with that thing going off constantly. A short time ago, her phone went off again, and she announced to everyone within earshot, "Uh oh, another mass shooting!"

I don't think this is the kind of news coverage we need. I believe there are some folks out there who might otherwise silently suffer with their personal demons but never hurt anyone, but then when they hear this sort of thing over and over, day after day, and seconds after each occurrence, I think they may become desensitized to it, and even start to think it might be a good thing to do.

I think the late, great Paul Harvey had the right idea when he would report crimes of national interest on his daily radio shows like this: "A man robbed a bank today in San Francisco. He would like me to mention his name."

But no, the news stations and websites need ratings to sell advertising, so they hire Nancy Grace to make superstars out of these animals.

I agree in principle, though I do think it should be reported...however it isn't like we'll ever have a consensus about whether these need to be front page headlines...if one news site pushes it back, the others won't

[samoht]

George - good point well made, I agree that it would help to relegate these sort of events to page 8. It's not even as if the repetitive front-page coverage is driving any obvious changes in society / legislation (which might justify high-profile coverage).

What I'm not sure about is how to make that happen in a free country, when as you say the media profit from doing the opposite.

One might hope that in future news can be more personalized, so each person can make a choice what they want on their personal 'front page'. I guess most people would choose to have this less prominent than it is today.

[Crazed_Insanity]

Copy cat effect can definitely worsen the problem. However, my take is that there must be some other root cause which resulted in creation of these 'terrorists' who just don't give a damn anymore. Whether the said person is crazy or a loner or a brain washed hater, I think the bottom line is that those folks tend to not have anyone who genuinely love or care for them. Lack of love can cause developmental problems for babies, maybe for adults too.

Do these crazy shooters even own pets? I'd guess not. Maybe the companion of loving pets would be sufficient for them to not want to carry out these terrorist acts?

In this day an age, we can live in big cities and be well connected with social media, but still feel more lonely than ever... Profiles of these folks tend to be not only lonely, but also angry, disappointed. Lots of folks can fit this profile... even ourselves at times. So whenever we're in a good mood, try to reach out to those around you. Who knows, you just might help eliminate one more mass shooting...

[thesameguy]

I view mass shootings as just another way right-wingers are trying to troll me. #dontfeedthetrolls

Sorry bud, you got it backwards. Mass shootings is how desperate the left wingers have become - orchestrating the deaths of our American brothers so they can legitimize taking our guns before installing a fascist socialist communist government. Ist.