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Tuesday Apr 24 2007

Once again we’re subjected to endless all-channel coverage of events that, while notable, do not justify round-the-clock, mostly prurient commentary. The tragedy at Virginia Tech has spawned copycats at Johnson Space Center and other schools around the country. Most are simply threats, but it just takes one ‘for real’ to fuel the media frenzy.

As we know, the news channels keep a stable of ‘experts’ on hand to give their views on every imaginable subject. Retired Generals give armchair analyses of the battlefield, ex-lawyers give us a play-by-play of Anna Nicole’s posthumous legal woes, and now ex-FBI profilers and police officers explain the mental workings of a madman. In the absence of ‘experts’, the news folks talk to each other in authoritative terms about ‘the way it is’.
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Written by Jim Selman at News
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