There are 2 ways the media covers mass shootings. Here's why the difference matters

Posted on AllSides June 14th, 2022
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Media Bias, Media Watch, Mass Shootings
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What is the role of journalists when covering America's mass shooting crisis, and how can they responsibly report on tragedies like the recent shootings in Uvalde, Buffalo and Tulsa?

Those are complicated but crucial questions to answer, says Dannagal Young, a University of Delaware professor who studies the impact that news stories have on the public.

In particular, her research looks at whether the media has a bias in favor of covering specific events and individual people, instead of looking more broadly at what leads to tragedies such as mass...

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https://www.npr.org/2022/06/14/1104287546/mass-shooting-uvalde-buffalo-tulsa-guns-media

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