Shooting of the Day
Shooting of the Day
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...the study found that 30 percent of mass killings and 22 percent of school shootings appeared to have been inspired by previous events. One possible reason, says lead author Sherry Towers, is media coverage.
“What we found was, in ones that didn’t get a lot of media attention there was no contagion, and in the ones where we did see a lot of media attention, that’s where we saw the contagion,” Towers says.
- I imagine the same would apply to terrorist attacksGnash
- It make a lot of sense to meBennn
- couple that with an almost criminal neglect of mental health issuesIRNlun6
- yep - I would say nearly all recent terror attacks in Europe have been inspired by and not controlled from outside influence. Anyone who thinks ISIS is afadein11
- network with that level of control/influence is a moron imho. Those who do have fallen hook line and sinker for a larger Western agenda.fadein11
- https://twitter.com/…Gnash
- If I lived in N.America ISIS would be v.low on my list of worries. Thank heavens for statistics to keep things in proportion.fadein11
- This is a phenomena that occurs w accidents, too. Clearly more relevant to copy-catters. News/media offers little benefit to society these days, it seems.formed