Coverage of latest American mass shooting

On a similar theme, I listen to the BBC World Service overnight.

A few weeks ago after yet another killing by a white US policeman of an unarmed black man which was caught on camera, it was the first item on the news throughout the night! I think the fact that there is camera footage encourages the endless repeating of the story.

I can't imagine the listeners in war-torn Syria/Iraq/Ukraine, or those living in poverty and squalor in refugee camps, or scraping a living in some sun-baked hellhole are really interested in such an event.

All out of proportion IMO.

Yes. You're right Riverwalk. It actually wasn't a race crime, or so it seems. Mental health issues I guess. (combined with the ridiculous gun laws)

And in these days of hang em , give me compensation for my trauma etc I think we need more coverage of people who can extend forgiveness

Not a white supremacist but wears badges of white supremacist groups, shall we say any terrorist of this age or younger is just a crazy mixed up kid with a bomb?

I didn't say it wasn't newsworthy.

My point is the extent of the UK news coverage and dwelling on the availability of arms in the US - obviously in the US it should still be main-line news as they have a vested interest and are directly affected. They can also effect any change in their laws - it's outside our control and we have no say in the matter, so why the fascinated interest by the media days after the event?

It seems now that he wasn't a white supremacist as he had black friends and was originally planning to attack the university - he was a crazy mixed-up kid, who was given a gun for his birthday.

So killing by a terrorist is newsworthy but killing by a racist isn't ? No difference between a white supremacist and a Muslim terrorist

Does anyone else think that if the killer were black he would be labelled a 'terrorist' rather than 'killer'?

I don't think you can give too much coverage to the reaction of this group of bereaved families and friends. It makes a welcome and uplifting change from the usual calls for vengeance and the excuse for riots if there's a race element. And the endless embracing of victimhood, blame and demands for compensation on every pretext.

I can understand the coverage. It's even more disturbing given the age of the killer. America has got to sort itself out, gun laws, racial hatred, the mental health issues of so many, the lot.

I get where you are coming from Riverwalk.

I presume it is a slow news time over here in the UK. I often think that the media pounces on stories that can run and run, in order to fill up the 24hour news slots.
I also think that a killing of 9, complete with total media access to it all, including pictures, is also a reason it is in the news.

The media is a business, and has to have a constant stream of new information.

Are people interested though? I think that they are.

Yes, Iam I feel that the particular circumstances i.e. freely-available guns is not relevant to us, so there is no need for this mass news coverage, other than say the first day.

It should not be main news here in the UK that many of the families have forgiven the killer - by all means it's of interest but we don't need a blow-by-blow account of how the story is developing. There is no parallel here and has no direct relevance to us, apart from it being a human interest story.

Yes we have racism and problems in Europe but mass-killings are rare and usually political.

We can't influence the fact that US citizens have the right to bear arms and so I find it tiresome that we have so much coverage of that issue.

I agree that this kind of mass shooting is more common in the US than any where else because of their gun laws. This crime was motivated by racism, rooted deeply in the legacy of slavery. Do you feel that isn't relevant in Europe Riverwalk? I'm not seeking to be confrontational, it's a genuine question.