Here we go again: Some lunatic shoots up a bunch of innocent people and, before the end of the day, his face is filling every television and computer screen in America, his name is broadcast across the country, and his stories about hearing voices and being "tired of America" are making headlines.
So, once again, some other lunatic is out there saying, "Wow, that could be me."
Infuriating as it is to see this sort of rampage happen in the first place, I find it even more infuriating to see the media sensationalize the shooter, every single time. Wouldn't it be great to instead see a spokesperson for the local law authorities give a press conference that goes something like: "The shooter is dead, and that's the last you're going to hear about him," and then for the media to report the same and just leave it at that?
David J. Oppedisano
Latham