Journalism or Exhibitionism?

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Murderers being concerned with PR is nothing new. Hitler used pomp and circumstance to persuade an entire nation. Saddam playfully ruffled the hair of young British hostage on television.

But Cho, the notorious Virginia Tech killer, surprised me. After shooting two people and before shooting dozens more, he made a trip to the post office to send video, pictures, and a manifesto-of-sorts to NBC.

They received the video yesterday, and I can just imagine the difficult decision they faced: show the video and award a posthumous national voice to a suicidal killer or bury it and risk being accused of hiding the truth?

Did NBC do the right thing?

  • posted on 19 April 2007
  • by Jesse


(Minutia)

  • Author:
    Jesse
  • Published:
    Apr 19, 2007
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