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The associated press now has a front page news "category" for shootings
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.
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--Be a Decent Human Being
--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title
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--No NSFW content
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They need to start showing graphic photos of the corpses, kids so smashed apart they can't identify them.
.........why?
In a perfect world it would force Americans to realise they need to fix their gun and shooting issues. But in our current world, people would just get outraged and 'cancel' this site.
It's like, ignoring the consequences of our public policy doesn't make those consequences less real. By failing to make the public aware of such consequences, the media becomes an accomplice to policy failures.
For reference, see the story of Emmett Till....
https://fatwts.umbc.edu/the-power-of-a-photograph-the-lynching-of-emmett-till/