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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Sat Jul 21, 2012, 10:42 AM Jul 2012

"This sort of coverage only serves to turn this murdering little t*a* into a nihlistic pinup boy"

Both Patton Oswalt and "TV's Frank" Conniff posted this clip to their Facebook pages and asked that you PASS IT ON. The media is STILL avoiding wisdom like the plague.

Charlie Brooker's Newswipe 25/03/09



A psychiatrists (and Charlie Brooker's) insightful perspective on news coverage's perpetuation of mass shootings in schools.
The full version of this wondrous and though provoking programme is currently available in the UK via BBC iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jf3hx/Newswipe_Episode_1/
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"This sort of coverage only serves to turn this murdering little t*a* into a nihlistic pinup boy" (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Jul 2012 OP
I agree! Quantess Jul 2012 #1
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