The Aurora Shootings was a brutal massacre beyond words which the
media has been so kind to publicise every shred of detail on a global scale
that ensures this story will go down in our history books. “Why?” You ask?
James Eagen Holmes had 12 killed and 58 injured during a cinema movie
premiere with his arsenal of firearms including a 12-gauge tactical shotgun,
semi-automatic rifle holding 100 rounds, a Glock 22 handgun, tear-gas grenades, and his
apartment rigged with over 30 homemade bombs with 10 gallons of gasoline. Can
you feel that? That’s adrenaline! A story like this will grab the
blood-thirsting curiosity of the millions because the media knows the public as
consumers. They know that no one can resist reading a front-page story paper or
watching a 'BREAKING NEWS' report that involves the delinquency of mass murder. It pains me so to say that we are simply being spoon-fed with press releases that turn into high ratings and exponential profit for the media corporations.
Considering the extreme level of coverage on this story,
the ethics of media publicity come into question. This is a story that should
be told only for the locals of Colorado. Is it really necessary for the whole world to see the face of a killer? There is no need to concern the people with such a disturbing act of violence and reward a cold-blooded
murderer with recognition or infamy for his actions. Someone who is mentally damaged enough to commit such a crime must be doing it for the attention, trying to show everyone what they left the world with. We shouldn't be giving him the satisfaction.
But unfortunately, media
publishers don't have a thought for ethics when an ocean of wealth awaits them in
dollars, pounds, and euros. Once they get their hands on a story like this, they just count the zeros endlessly to sleep.
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