Over sensationalising in the Media
As you would expect, the newspapers have been full of the story about the Tragic events at Virginia Tech, I appreciate the fact that this has to be reported, but for fuck sake the event is already horriffic enough, it doesn’t need the fucking opinion of the reporters, do your fucking job and tells the facts…. Not your opinions. Judgements made on Cho’s character by these so called journalists are not needed. The readers have the intelligence to see how messed up the situation was and the mentally unstable state the perpertrator of this crime was. We don’t need you telling us about “The scowling madman ” (Daily Record) or “CRAZED Cho Seung-Hui” (Sun), but thank you for stating the obvious!!!
Another thing they talk about is the warning signs, his writings etc. BULLSHIT, there are more sick, twisted, evil, sadistic works of fiction out there at the moment written by well know people. His play should be banned because it was absoulte shite, nothing more, just shite.
They are now starting to look at what Cho watched and played (video game wise) so no doubt there will be partial blame put on that (although Ironically, the amount of coverage and fame that the media give Fuck-ups like Cho will not be mentioned). Here is a new flash. I play “Violent” video games, read “violent books” and watch “Violent TV” and I do not have the slightest inclination to go out and do what Cho did. Look at places like Sierra Leone that had kids running about committing Murder, and that was due to adult influence, fuck all to do with TV or computer games.
Inceidently, showing his video constantly, giving him exactly what he wanted, his 15 minutes, is not exactly doing the victims of this crime a favour either
Lets us never forget this tragic event, but for fucksake, lets no keep ramming it in the faces of the victims families, the survivors or any other peope connected to this terrible terrible ordeal.
I appologise for the exessive swearing, but that coz I hate the FUCKING PRESS!!
April 20th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
I perfectly agree. Why give someone so much posthumous fame by analyzing every detail? I agree with you on the violent video games, films, etc… too. I play them, I watch them. Now, I might be dangerous for other reasons, but violence isn’t one of them.
April 21st, 2007 at 7:42 am
I read in the paper that ‘they thought’ Cho had been inspired by “Korean revenge flick” Oldboy (accompanied by a pic of Cho and a character from the movie - funnily enough no real resemblance)……
Now last time I watched Oldboy there was no mass shooting in a School, or mass shootings of anything.
If Cho had killed all those people with his bare hands in a long, narrow corrridor - I could see the similarities.
Or if Cho had been locked up for several years and went out and fucked his daughter , again fair point to mark out Oldboy as ‘eeriely reflective’.
Dunno what the media are playing at - too scared to admit that someone went out to kill a lot of people because they could / wanted too. Is that too horific to comprehend?
Just thought I’d add my tuppence worth.
April 21st, 2007 at 9:27 am
I have to admit I have been fascinated by the whole media reporting of the events. Newspapers, television and the internet are all eager to give their opinions on the reasons that the murderer did it. I watched Fox news and a ’security expert’ stated: ‘The 21 stone girl in the corner no-one wants to talk about is why Virginia Tech banned students from carrying guns?’ Only in the USA could someone with years of experience in the security industry suggest that more guns on a campus would solve events like Columbine, Erfurt and Virginia Tech. We should also remember Dunblane. Whether individuals should be allowed to carry guns really does open a can of worms.
April 22nd, 2007 at 5:24 am
Cho did what he did through his own choices and no outside influences made him take guns into Uni and start killing people.
April 22nd, 2007 at 11:37 am
Mass media usually equals sensationalism gone mad, either that or a chance for journalists to show they paid no attention whatsoever in psycholgy class 101, as they play ameuter detectves in finding out what was in the mind of these so called ‘madmen’.
My take on it all…….well, it is another sad example of the blame culture we live in, something horrifc happens, someone or something NEEDS to be to blamed. God forbid though that we take a look at what role society played in this mans sad demise. How another lost soul slipped through another net and another tragic sequence of events unfold. No doubt, this latest incident will revive the gun law debate, someday, somewhere, someone will actually do something to help ensure that these horrific incidents are less likely to occur.