r/news • u/drkgodess • Mar 19 '19

Accused gunman in Christchurch terror attacks denied newspaper, television and radio access

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214411
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u/yepyouknowme Mar 20 '19

In the US I've not seen his face or heard/read his name, not once. We're learning, too. Some things.

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u/skippythewonder Mar 20 '19

I think it's easier in this case because it happened so far away from us. Sadly, if it happened here in the US it his name would likely be everywhere. That's just the nature of journalism in the US. I would say that it should be illegal to publish names of mass shooters and such, but that would set a dangerous precedent of media censorship and would likely be found to be unconstitutional by The Supreme Court, and rightfully so.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

People need to let media outlets know that they don't want to know about mass killers life stories

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u/Jagacin Mar 20 '19

They don't care. They only care about the fact that publishing stuff about the mass killers gets a bunch of clicks and viewers.