The media always has an agenda. Do they report news because they care? No way, they do it for ratings and drama gets them the most. Plus it would be near impossible to stop reporting it because they are in competition with each other and while one news agency is reporting the attack, the other isnt. So who are people going to watch. Only way to get rid of it is the media agrees together or if a law is passed to stop it which will never happen because of freedom of press etc...
I bet you if all the CEO's of news agency got together and made an agreement not to report these types of attacks, they would be cut down by at least 70%. The mentally ill drama queens no longer have a stage to stand on.
Until then, it will keep on happening and the most concerning thing is they no longer need a gun. They see a vehicle as just a powerful and is becoming more and more common and would be near impossible to stop.
Vehicular murder is the perfect weapon for lone wolf killers, who have no real ideology, and even less understanding that ISIS and other terrorist organisations probably don't give a damn about them. If their names were omitted from news reports, they would be forgotten by the end of the day.
And then you get the sickos and the weirdos - the copycats - who are so blinded by their hatred of their own miserable existence, they are incapable of understanding the root problem lies with them, not Society.
But in both cases, the media has created a strange and inexplicable reverential notoriety for these killers, for the "ratings and the drama" as you so aptly put it. And until something is done to address this despicable trend, there will always be another, and then another, ad nauseum.
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Only way to get rid of it is the media agrees together or if a law is passed to stop it which will never happen because of freedom of press etc."
I agree with this, but with reservations. If a law is passed, it will be a form of censorship, which will be taking away another of our liberties. And where do you stop? The First amendment? Freedom of speech? Freedom of Worship?
Unfortunately, due to the proliferation of mobile (cell) phones with video capabilities, the news would still be put out there, but on different, unregulated media, and it would be that much harder to ascertain the truth of what actually happened. There are still people who believe Sandy Hook was a False Flag, so it is highly probably Conspiracy theories would be the order of the day. A much too higher price to pay for press censorship.
One way to address the issue would be to strictly limit any coverage of the perpetrator, including his name. The emphasis should be on the victims - allowing them their honour and dignity that has been stripped from them. And the perpetrator can rot in the unknown hell from whence he came.