> a significant amount of the population thinks that the killing was justified. I've seen numbers like 60% of young people support his actions. If you go on reddit, you'll see that he has a huge amount of support there.
Can you share where you've seen these numbers?
> In a healthy press, in a healthy society, there should be a ton of discussion happening about this, why so many people are so upset and angry with their situation that they're willing to support a killing in broad daylight, what can be done to fix these issues, how this should be a wake-up call that deep changes are needed, and so on.
Doesn't this go against the ethics of reporting such extreme events, which empower people with mental health issues to "copy cat" in order to seek attention and gain social status?[0]
I don't see how empowering someone with a mental disorder who chose murder as a means to set the public agenda as a "healthy press in a healthy society". Isn't this simply devaluing those who choose to pursue justice through peaceful means? Like using the Justice System, Protesting, etc?
> Do you see that happening anywhere in the established media?
Yes, I've seen plenty of coverage, I'll even say too much coverage on this subject as a whole.
> Doesn't this go against the ethics of reporting such extreme events, which empower people with mental health issues to "copy cat" in order to seek attention and gain social status?[0]
These ethics are completely disregarded by the media when reporting on e.g. school shootings. They do not factor in whatsoever.
Well, we don't know to what extent they factor it in. It would be interesting to see how it evolved throughout the years - but that's beyond the point:
The ethics and the effects of it are there, and to have a murderer set the public agenda doesn't make much sense.
> Doesn't this go against the ethics of reporting such extreme events, which empower people with mental health issues to "copy cat" in order to seek attention and gain social status?
If we're talking about opinion pieces, sure. But when it comes to headlines, those are supposed to be a reasonably dispassionate reporting of facts. A fact is that a significant percentage of the population supported this killing. I don't remember where I saw that 60% number, but suppose it's only 10%, or 20%. That's still tens of millions of people, it should still be reported on, dispassionately and factually.
If the newspaper decides it would be ethically wrong to have opinion pieces representing this section of the population, that's another matter. Personally, given that we've all been forced to listen to representatives from both sides for several decades on things like gay marriage, abortion, and so on, I think they should apply that rule in this case too and give opinions from both sides.
> A fact is that a significant percentage of the population supported this killing. I don't remember where I saw that 60% number, but suppose it's only 10%, or 20%. That's still tens of millions of people, it should still be reported on, dispassionately and factually.
This is a big claim to say a significant percentage of the population supported this murder, so we need to know how that source got those figures.
I want to know about the extent of the study, and how they even phrased the question, after all, it could be the result of a poorly done study, if it's real at all.
I think it's essential to find out where you saw this because you seem to believe in it, yet you don't recall a source or where you learned about it. These are usually signs of being the target of misinformation — it's the typical "I saw on social media that..."
So before we continue this engagement, let us ground ourselves in reality, and I'll ask you to find the source of that study and share it here.
Can you share where you've seen these numbers?
> In a healthy press, in a healthy society, there should be a ton of discussion happening about this, why so many people are so upset and angry with their situation that they're willing to support a killing in broad daylight, what can be done to fix these issues, how this should be a wake-up call that deep changes are needed, and so on.
Doesn't this go against the ethics of reporting such extreme events, which empower people with mental health issues to "copy cat" in order to seek attention and gain social status?[0]
I don't see how empowering someone with a mental disorder who chose murder as a means to set the public agenda as a "healthy press in a healthy society". Isn't this simply devaluing those who choose to pursue justice through peaceful means? Like using the Justice System, Protesting, etc?
> Do you see that happening anywhere in the established media?
Yes, I've seen plenty of coverage, I'll even say too much coverage on this subject as a whole.
[0]https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5296697/