Just a week ago, NBC canned Don Imus because of three words he spoke. Such content was not appropriate. But the ravings a lunatic striving to make a name for himelf is deemed appropriate for the network.
I've been turning off the news whenever they start showing the pictures and video of the Virginia Tech sicko. NBC should have just described the "manifesto" to its viewers then turned it over to the FBI. There is nothing in there to help investigators and lots in there to insult the departed as well as their friends and families. I was surprised they aired this but shouldn't have been: few in the media have respect for others or shame for their own actions.
ABC News interviewed a psychiatrist who called the airings a "social catastrophe", and outlined several important reasons why NBC should not have broadcast that garbage.
If you really need a look into the mind of a disturbed individual, to understand where they are coming from, go and read Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground and Crime and Punishment. Human nature hasn't changed over the past few centuries.
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Well said. And giving such gratuitous publicity to this sicko will only encourage others like him who want their own ticket to fame/infamy.
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