Lack Of Transparency From The Media Numbs The Audience To Shootings by Annika Piotrowski https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu en-us 2023-04-14 12:12:48 UTC 2025-12-04 02:14:17 UTC hello@padlet.com #errorsinmediainformation #madeupnews #hoaxofrushedarticles annikapiotrowski https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2554484577 -This article would be lean left. NBC News would generally be lean left as well as the article above. 

"No doubt, the causes of this crisis are multifarious, and solutions — if they exist — will be holistic." 

"It is regrettable that those who are ostensibly dedicated to eradicating mass gun violence seem to be working at cross purposes; so few are willing to look critically at their deeply-held convictions." 

"The press is bound to make mistakes, of course. And errors like these do not excuse the legislative gaps that allow prospective mass shooters to acquire the weapons they use or the carelessness with which law enforcement handles early warning signs or an American society that has fetishized violence." 

"The immediate aftermath of the massacre of high school students and their teachers in Florida was typified by breathless media coverage of their alleged murderer and fixated on the claim that amounted to free advertising for the organization." ]]> 2023-04-14 12:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2554484577 #didtheyfactcheck? #willitstop? #whatactuallyhappened? annikapiotrowski https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2554486327 -This article would be moderate/center. BBC would generally be moderate/center as well as the article above.

"What's going on? In part, a copycat phenomenon is probably in play in which savage or sick individuals get the idea of a mass shooting from seeing others do it," it says. this is an era of media saturation, after all." 

"Some experts point to frayed family ties, too. Others highlight the number of mentally ill people who go without supervision or even treatment." 

"Republicans who almost unanimously oppose new gun regulation control the House of Representatives and wield effective veto power in the Senate," he says. "And GOP leaders have kept a conspicuously low profile on the issue while many moderate Democrats in both chambers are wary of alienating gun rights' supporters in their states and districts."

"Advocates and opponents of gun-control are so entrenched in their views and there becomes a legislative stalemate; The stalemate can be broken, but only if both sides exit their trenches."
]]> 2023-04-14 12:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2554486327 #what'ssupposedtohappen? #doesitreallyhelp? #whocanwereallytrust? annikapiotrowski https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2554585046 -This article would be right. NEWSMAX would generally right as well as the article above. 

"President Joe Biden called for another federal ban on so-called "assault weapons, not only would it do nothing to curb gun violence, but he can't even define what he wants to ban." 

"Gun control doesn't stop at a particular gun. It just keeps going. It's relentless. It doesn't stop, they're making these false claims that certain items are dangerous when what's dangerous is a person, and it's a very low percentage of people."

''Our background check system is a mess, bad data in, bad results out. There are thousands of people in the system who don't belong there." ]]> 2023-04-14 14:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2554585046 #themedialovesmassshootings #itsNOTtrue #“maliciously” annikapiotrowski https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2554587590 -This article would be left. THEDAILYBEAST would generally be left as well as the article above. 

"Many in legacy media love mass shootings, Why would you make a statement like that? Because it's true." 

"I don’t know anyone in the media that likes mass shootings. You’re wrong on every single level! We pray there’s never another one." 

"The public has “reached saturation level” and are “so sick of it” that they “turn away” from the coverage. We love mass shootings? It's just not true!"

]]> 2023-04-14 14:02:57 UTC https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2554587590 #canwetrustAI? #whatdidMr.Wonderfulbelieve? #factorfiction? annikapiotrowski https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2556091451 -This article would lean right. FOXBUSINESS would generally lean right as well as the article above.

"Instagram message exchanges between the shooter and a former middle school basketball teammate that were provided by the FBI showed that the shooter expressed her intentions to die by suicide as "something bad is about to happen; Artificial intelligence – which includes automation tools like ChatGPT in the world either utilize AI or are developing their own program for public usage, in this case gun control."

"O’Leary’s "Shark Tank" co-star Mark Cuban, have weighed in on the AI debate, advising people to be cautious when using technology that has very few guardrails in place to help determine fact from fiction." 

"So that's a tough debate," O’Leary responded. "That's the one that's coming. It's not necessarily about gun control, it's about monitoring the output of disturbed people." ]]> 2023-04-17 00:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/annikapiotrowski/bt5lnbr06khuwimu/wish/2556091451