virginia: Is anyone as outraged as I am at how the media is splashing the killers face across the TV any chance they get?!?! At how the media is doing EXACTLY what the killer wanted them to do, to display his tape?!?! At how the media will give every sicko out there an idea if you want to go out do it this way!?!? How it took less than two days for the media to turn every single frickin report on Virginia Tech into a mini-drama with cut scenes and theme music!!! What the media is doing will lead to more and more school shootings. It's exactly what they are hoping it will do since it will create news. The next tragedy to strike should be the resignation of all sitting news media CEO's for the harm they are causing not only to the United States but the world!|||I am just as disgusted...the first thing they did with the tapes was copy, edit, air....then call the authorities....in a report this morning they said they turned it over before it was opened....uh...hello, then why are we watching these clips? I am all for understanding why killers do what they do for preventative measures but this was done for ratings and money....no more...no less.|||It's the media's job to excite the public with outrageous tragedies. The media played exactly to what Cho wanted. The should have just mentioned the package and video instead of posting it all over the place.|||Never, it's the media|||The media loves to milk every tragedy dry.They send their stupid reporters out to stand around the area asking stupid questions.|||When they stop increasing their ratings from the coverage.|||When we stop supporting their propaganda Bull****,and switch over to alternative news.|||Soon I hope. It's getting ridiculous.|||Because pain sells, especially other peoples. But also, in a huge part, because they want to convince us that we should allow cops and government more control over our personal safety. No one seems to have wondered where we would be if the victims had been armed.|||I agree w/ you 100%. Remember this, the MEDIA tells you what THEY want you to know. Plus Bush is thanking his lucky stars and is telling Cho's family, "Thanks for taking the pressure off of me & my oil deals in Iraq"! What the media is going for is coverage. They would rather report about some whack job going LOOLOO with a gun on ANY campus USA instead of some child under the age of 10 saving another person's life. Why? Becuase that's boring. It doesn't matter where in the world you are, "The media tells you what THEY want you to know!"|||You are right. They should try and cover this event up. And I am sure those news media CEOs are the ones responsible.|||When will it end? When there is something more horrific to lead the evening news. What ever happened to Gary Condit? Oh that's right....9/11!|||What bothers me is the video of Cho that he sent to NBC. First off, we should be focusing on the victims. By putting this video out for the world to see, this killer, this monster is winning. The media is glorifying this murderer, instead of glorifying the victims, and the heroes. Will this send a message out to other sick individuals, that if they go on a killing spree, they too will get their fifteen minutes of fame? I t sickens me to think that this is what our world is coming to. Watch the news, every day we are blasted by tradgedy in the mainstream media. news anchors start off by saying good morning, good afternoon, or good evening. But is it really. Each day they say this, and each day death, and war, is on the news. When will we go back to being a peaceful, less hatred country. I am dreading the day when, when this country falls apart.|||reminds me of the cliffhangers on soaps and sitcoms right before May sweeps month... how much shock can we possbily get..... very sad|||Their job is to give us "the low down"..and they're "running" the heck out of this story. I believe this killer should get no "air time" the way it's being done.|||AS SOON AS SOME ONE CALLS A BLACK PERSON ANOTHER RACIEST NAME...THAT'S WHEN! I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN,IT'S BEEN WORST CRIMES THEN THIS AND THE MEDIA IS JUST PUBLICITY HOUNDS!|||It's the media, they do this all the time to increase ratings and get more money from advertising. They'll stop milking this when people stop caring.|||The media is monitoring Yahoo! answers, and they will only stop when suckers like us stop talking about it. Oh, no! I'm part of the problem...|||I couldn't agree more. What's worse are the people who whole heartedly will argue tooth and nail against your question because it seems unsympathetic. The fact is that the majority of Americans are gobbling up the big heaping plate of BS that the media is feeding them and are asking for more! The media pampers to what people watch most. The only way the American public will watch something is if it looks cinematic. It must be sensationalized to the extreme. "It's the worst thing to happen in ages!" Folks don't want to hear about it unless it looks melodramatic. No, it's not. What it IS, however, is the BEST thing to happen for the MEDIA in ages. It makes me want to toss my television, radio, and computer right out of the window. Where is the genuine news? Did the war in Iraq stop? Afghanistan? Debates on abortion? Alberto Gonzales?