I do agree that these events are what you may called advertised....But on the other hand I want to be informed on what is happening...It is a very fine line...How would you respond if you were not notified about this incident...These incidents not only inform us but also push us to try to make the schools safer for our children...Chances are there are going to be sadistic people doing this sort of thing with or without the publicity that follows...Heinous crimes have been occuring in the world long before TV land started showing us what was happening...point being, sick violent people would exist regardless and just find another way to let themselves known..
On another note though what the news can stop showing if I had my way is the graphic nature of what they show....
- Someone being shot
- Someone lying dead on the ground
- Blood
- Someone being beaten
And so on..But..this what sells...this is what makes there ratings...this is what the viewer wants to see and this is what makes money...so it will continue..and it will get worse..It isn't necessarily the Tv News's fault..It is what we as viewers have shown we want to see...