Is media escalating extremism by over sensationalising fanatics?
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Yes # Sensationalising mass killers or fanatics is encouraging copy cats.
# The media practice of focusing on records, as calling one incident as 'the worst school shooting ever', or 'the worst mall shooting ever' is challenging others to become the next record-holder.
# Media should make victims the lead without glorifying the fanatic's notorious background to remove the celebrity status from the whole episode.
No # Absolutely not, these extremists are usually more interested in the crime itself than the person who committed it.
# If the media do not sensationalise the whole episode, it'd be hard to stop the rampant speculation across the Web, speculation that could cause harm via rumor and innuendo?
# It is the act that inspires the extremists, not the celebrity status.
