Enough is enough. It’s time for the media to stop exploiting the tragedy that occured at Virginia Tech this week. NBC’s release of the Cho Seung Hui video was absolutely innapropriate. This shameless exploitation has created a disgusting anti-hero, and has excerbated the families terrible mourning process.
Further, the New York Times and other media outlets have initiated Google Ad Words keyword campaigns to serve up ads any time someone searches the incident. There’s no justification good enough to explain this kind of mercenary capitalistic activity… making money from grieving families who have lost their children to a mad man.
It’s time to stop, and let these families and the Virginia Tech community mourn in peace. Further, if there are a series of copy cat shootings with multimedia confessions, who is to blame? The media. Personally, I am not watching or reading any more. I’m voting with my clicker.
The Buzz Bin will not publish on April 30 as part of the blogosphere wide Silent Vigil in memorium of those who lost their lives.
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