A Boring Dystopia

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The associated press now has a front page news "category" for shootings (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They need to start showing graphic photos of the corpses, kids so smashed apart they can't identify them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

.........why?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

In a perfect world it would force Americans to realise they need to fix their gun and shooting issues. But in our current world, people would just get outraged and 'cancel' this site.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

It's like, ignoring the consequences of our public policy doesn't make those consequences less real. By failing to make the public aware of such consequences, the media becomes an accomplice to policy failures.

For reference, see the story of Emmett Till....

https://fatwts.umbc.edu/the-power-of-a-photograph-the-lynching-of-emmett-till/