In his book “21 lessons for the 21st century” Harari wrote about terrorism and the fact that the fear of it is far more dangerous than the actual impact. The media is a huge part of this.
People like Harari who have spent their whole lives studying and practicing mindfulness to understand the world should have the most power. Problem is, the pursuit of power and knowledge are two seperate things that rarely occur together in a human being.
@@_Pike So what do you mean? You are a big "boy"? Someone trying to spread the word of how the media supports these mass shooters is wrong?...I hate close-minded racist people like you.
What a seemingly dour outlook. I don't think kindness is even remotely quantitative. How do you define "appropriate" in terms of kindness? I bid you peace.
greggdilligaffshelly , Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Affection, gentleness, warmth, concern, and care are words that are associated with kindness.
They have learned NOTHING from the Columbine massacre. Instead of talking about the killer over and over showing his picture, Talk about the Victims and show THEIR pictures!! But you know the media, the disaster stories sell more. Edit: he brought up Columbine!
You mean like #BLM is doing? Look closer at the victims. Tamir Rice was killed by police officers for pretend shooting in a park. His photo is plastered everywhere as an innocent victim while Officer Dorn, a black man killed by rioters, is not. Given that not all victims are heroes and not all those killed in action are victims do you mean honor those who behaved heroically?
Instead of talking about the mass shooters or their victims, expose the reason behind mass shootings happen in the first place which is Organized Community Stalking (aka Gangstalking). Nobody ever talks about this covert crime!
This is why I don’t listen to many news stations. Asking them to stop will never be enough. Don’t give them attention, then they’ll learn pretty soon to stop. Vote with your view, don’t throw it away.
Exactly why what Jacinda Ardern did with the Mosque shooter here in NZ was so good his face is not shown he is not given the attention the victims are given the attention and rightfully so
Great message. Do not give these kids people to celebrate. You are not a hero for ruining the lives of others. Being famous for killing others does not create value within yourself.
I think this is mostly an American phenomenon. Where I live in Britain, mass shootings are comparatively unheard of. (Because guns, obviously.) The last time we had anything like this was probably the Manchester suicide bombing of 2017, which killed 27 people. Back then, there was much discussion of who the victims (many of them children) were. The killer was discussed to, but more his motivations than his identity, and only for pragmatic reasons as a way into debating how best to deradicalise similar people to prevent further killings.
question from an American. Why do you guys use the letter s for words that phonetically end in “ize” like realize, generalize,... It doesn’t even have an s sound what’s up with that?
Simon Huggins I mean we pretty much agree fully about the “don’t idolize the killer” so that was unspokenly settled. I was just always curious about the whole s vs z situation and don’t know any British people to ask
@@glitch5174 Do you not read "ISIS" as "izis?" The two letters are pretty much interchangeable in those contexts since there are no two possible pronunciations to disambiguate from, so it's down to an arbitrary convention.
@Vash Matrix You heard mostly wrong. London overtook New York in murders for one month, in what was a statistical blip. On average, New York has far more murders. And although it has got closer in recent years, that is due to New York getting much better, not London getting worse. fullfact.org/media/uploads/NYPD_blue_chart.png In fairness, New York's numbers have decreased significantly over the past decade. Credit where it is due.
Exactly . I agree . Media needs to change a lot , that means we all need to change our attitudes towards Media . What’s media ? What’s media for ? Deep consideration and awareness of the essential issues are required. Thank you so much for bringing this matter up . I would like to offer my condolences for loss of your son .
So sorry for your loss, can't even begin to imagine your pain! I will remember what you have shared here, with the loss of your son Alex, a soul who left too soon! May you find away to heal.
I actually wrote a paper about this my senior year in high school. Some of the best ways to reduce these mass shootings have very little to do with policy. This is a great Ted Talk.
Absolutely correct - and the same applies for terrorists / serial killers etc. Unless the criminal is still at large and therefore it is in the public interest to identify them - then just refer to them by using their prison number.
Even after 8 yrs, you can still hear the pain in his voice. My initial idea was to boil these mass shooters in hot water like the Mongols did to their enemies, but I suppose this is also a good strategy.
This is part of a bigger discussion about what responsible journalism looks like in the 21st century. Are we ready to limit or censor the press in light of these new issues?
@@adnanhowlader143 No, no it's not. In an ideal world lesser intellects would not be allowed to spew their opinions. Yet the world we live in is created by them. That's the whole point of this video.
@@logoslive Not everything has to be a direct causation. In this case you might reason that the shooter wants to gain notoriety or push a terrorist agenda, which a feature-length movie would dramatically amplify.
logoslive Yes it’s called advertising! Everyday people are bombarded with things that are bad for them and yes it is their choice whether or not to use them or be inspired by them. And yes real life killers have been inspired by what they saw in a fuckin movie. This is coming from someone who loves film and tv like it’s my job. How many movies about Ted Bundy vs How many movies about Mr Rogers?
I agree 100%. It took a lot of strength for this father to make this speech and organise the campaign and we should not let his sacrifice of repeating the details about the worst moment in his life go to waste. I never wanted to see the video of a killer bragging about killing, whether it's a teenage high school shooter, a white nationalist, or Islamic terrorist and judging by the response of the audience and people in the comments neither did they. It's amazing that news organisations have not already implemented a policy like this themselves voluntarily, it shouldn't take a campaign of complaining to the new organisation and their advertisers for them to do the decent thing.
the murderer will become a subject for studies and we can prevent these happenings. the guy is not famous cause he is a human to be worshiped but he must be remembered cause the society made such a monster.
Making shooters famous could be why their a decensorship of mass shootings. Like you said we know their name, face, their talked about constantly and the victims are just a number
Not every mass shooter is wanting to become famous and that is their main motivation. A lot of people are very violent and their families try to get them help. I think those families benefit from seeing in the news shootings because they are concerned their loved one can potentially do that someday. He did bring up some good points and if it works statistically then I would support it. Also, I am going to college to work in Criminal Psychology. I watch true crime documentaries to remind myself of why I am sacrificing so much for this field. That isn't a bad thing those exist. Studying the psychology of why humans do what they do is natural and cannot be abolished.
The media won’t stop until we stop rewarding them for it. We expect better behavior from companies and politicians than we are willing to expect of ourselves.
All those people in the audience applauding now... guaranteed they will seek out and read and watch and like and share the next mass shooting stories too.
I do not endorse the undeniably inapropriate and sickening manner in which the media portrays mass shooters, yet no matter how much I try, I feel as if it cannot be the case that most mass murderers seek notoriety above all else. To put this another way, I think unless we are talking about very specific individuals and their personalities (whether they suffered from particular mental illnesses and personality traits or a combination of several such illnesses and traits that gave rise to these "notoriety seeking" desires), it cannot be claimed that most people commit such horrible acts of violence due to a strong desire to be famous. Fame has its appeal, do not get me wrong; especially for those who have been neglected while growing up or worse, been the center of attention in a negative light (the question that which is worse is more or less debatable) resulting in their developing psychological complexes and vigorously evil obsessions regarding "notoriety". Yet, most of these shooters, I'd reckon, do not commit such acts to become famous. They may view fame as a strangely exciting by-product of their plans; the way society is "finally" going to know who they are, but they do not derive the main motive power from these thoughts. I think it takes a very special person (purely technically speaking) to commit such terrible crimes solely, or even mostly, based on the desire for fame, while these people are rarely "special" in that regard. These are, by my estimation, more or less normal people, and if we want to stop this nightmare from happening, we might do well to take very real concepts of depression, anxiety, and particularly "simple" (as they are generally viewed) phenomena such as school bullying (a phenomena that, in my opinion, no part of which is in any manner "simple") or abuse (mental or physical) as well as suicide absolutely seriously. Remember, it only takes one kid (or adult, for that matter) to be fed up with this world, its vicious treatment of them and its diabolical unfairness to pull the trigger. And some of those triggers are not pulled on their own heads only.
Thank you sir. I am sorry for your loss. You point out something that has been pervasive for so many years. Change must come in all areas. "Act of Conscience"
Countless people have been saying this for years, it's not going to happen whether this guy likes it or not. He's just being an idealist. In the internet age people will always find out who did it and they will always have a morbid curiosity about it.
It makes me sick to think that these murderers are getting the attention for taking the lives of innocent others. Words cannot describe how those effected must feel.
People writ large don't know what they want. You can cite as many surveys as you want, the fact of the matter is that while "people SAY they want to see less coverage of shootings", "more positive news", or anything else, the news media publishes what gets read... and that's what gets read. If you want the news to report with a conscience, the answer is to remove the profit motive out of the equation, not to write to their CEOs.
Yep I fully agree with this concept. We should no longer glorify mass shooters or serial killers. If I look on my cable guide I can find shows about serial killers on 24 hours a day on multiple channels. It's total bs to glorify these kind of fools.
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I did research on mass shooters for my book: "The Conscience of An Agnostic," which is listed on Amazon. A number of these shooters gave clear warning signs. For example, Nikolas Cruz, the Parkland shooter, had depression, autism, and ADHD. He had been transferred six times in high school. He was like the hot potato that nobody wanted to touch. They knew that this kid was a mess. Same thing with the Columbine duo, the Virginia Tech killer, and the Sandy hook killer. So what's up with our mental health professionals?
Shocking! I can not describe how impactful this speech is to me! What Mr. Teves said was exactly a better approach than solving the gun problem and mental health.
always think twice before you decide to screw with someone. That goes for individual's and the powers that be. we were all dragged into this world, lets try and get along. Lets hope peace prevails, but i honestly don't think humanity can do that. too many people love power and control, and sometimes that backfires (no pun intended).
It boggles my mind how people can tolerate this stuff. Shooters and terrorists do it as a desperate, sick attempt to send a message. And what does the media do? They send the message. Why? How can this thing be accepted?
I agree with the man but here's the problem: we did not get here by accident. Media, did not get to this point by accident. People don't really care about being informed, they care about being apprised of what they consider to be important. What they consider to be important, is what they react to most strongly. And everybody reacts more strongly to bad news than to good news. The reason that media puts out the most sensational stories in the most provoking way possible, is because it sells. The reason few large media outlets bother with anything else, is that those who tried simply got outcompeted. The customer demanded violence and death. The customer got what they wanted. It's the basic underlying psychology of people, the deviant is always more interesting than the normal. A shooting happens, people don't ask "Which completely normal/average person got killed?", they ask "Who's the crackpot with the gun, why did he do it, and did they get him?" We have nobody but ourselves to blame for what the media does. So if, in a hypothetical case, current media companies were to change their ways and change the subject they'd report, the same thing would happen as it did before. Somebody else will report it instead, and whomever does first will draw the largest crowd because people will always seek the abject experience of touching the underlying horror.
I would like to think this will work, and it is worth the effort. However, I fear the media has become the lap dog of the government, and the thirst for power and control is fed by these horrendous incidents. As powerful an incentive as money is, there are more powerful motivators for those with no conscience.
There was a very important law suit a few years ago that explained the purpose of media. Understand this before you move forward,Ted. The purpose of media is entertainment. Media is not your friend.
There's no single unifying cause that can be easily found or addressed and this is not proposed as a panacea to end all mass shootings. Think of it as a cost/benefit analysis and compare the pros and cons of making the shooters famous versus not doing that.
12:15 He: We have a Profit maxing Media Also He: they don't want more money, because Advertiser don't what shooter, violence, Wepons, Drugs, Death. Just look at the Google Ad
I would rather see victims immortalized, rather than those who took their lives. Excellent speech.
In his book “21 lessons for the 21st century” Harari wrote about terrorism and the fact that the fear of it is far more dangerous than the actual impact. The media is a huge part of this.
That's the point of terrorism.
It's right there in the name.
People like Harari who have spent their whole lives studying and practicing mindfulness to understand the world should have the most power. Problem is, the pursuit of power and knowledge are two seperate things that rarely occur together in a human being.
Wake Up wow
Dionyzos he wrote about this in his book as well 😍
The dark truth is that news is essentially an entertainment business...
A political advertisement that sells fear and outrage
You can blame Nixon for that !
@@Anonymous-kh3eu they sell ad space, the viewers have responsibility too. Stop watching ad spaces.
It’s obvious to me. It’s a comedy show to me and some opera. I don’t even watch t.v. But it’s always this one person...have you seen the news? 🤢
“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”
― Mark Twain
You’ll be better informed with group involvement, rather than sitting back and reading an unsure report
"I never said that. The first time the qoute was attributed to me was 1998. Also don't believe everything on the internet."
-- Mark Twain
me, seeing this title: SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!
Stop meming. Little boy.
Bodily Fluids bruh shutup
@@_Pike So what do you mean? You are a big "boy"? Someone trying to spread the word of how the media supports these mass shooters is wrong?...I hate close-minded racist people like you.
Vy
Vy
Been saying this for years
@Wake Up 100% sick and inexcusable. That being said, the media should stop making mass shooters famous.
@Wake Up Source or gtfo.
Same.
"A random act of kindness, no matter how small, can make a tremendous impact on someone else's life.”
Not really. Small kindness is useless. It has to be appropriate
What a seemingly dour outlook. I don't think kindness is even remotely quantitative. How do you define "appropriate" in terms of kindness?
I bid you peace.
greggdilligaffshelly ,
Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Affection, gentleness, warmth, concern, and care are words that are associated with kindness.
Rebecca Leeman ,
Read dictionary definition of kindness then you know that it doesn’t come as small or big kindness
Rebecca Leeman ,
Don’t quantify the quality my dear
They have learned NOTHING from the Columbine massacre.
Instead of talking about the killer over and over showing his picture,
Talk about the Victims and show THEIR pictures!!
But you know the media, the disaster stories sell more.
Edit: he brought up Columbine!
But you still don't have the base causeation of shooters
You mean like #BLM is doing? Look closer at the victims. Tamir Rice was killed by police officers for pretend shooting in a park. His photo is plastered everywhere as an innocent victim while Officer Dorn, a black man killed by rioters, is not. Given that not all victims are heroes and not all those killed in action are victims do you mean honor those who behaved heroically?
He brought up many mass shootings - but he named NO shooters' names. That's kinda the point, isn't it? #nonoteriety
Instead of talking about the mass shooters or their victims, expose the reason behind mass shootings happen in the first place which is Organized Community Stalking (aka Gangstalking). Nobody ever talks about this covert crime!
@@selfelements8037 not certain that's a thing aka a base causation --- seems more like a gang trying to have power over ppl
I am so sorry for your loss.
This is why I don’t listen to many news stations. Asking them to stop will never be enough. Don’t give them attention, then they’ll learn pretty soon to stop. Vote with your view, don’t throw it away.
He's so right. This talk should go viral.
100% rally behind what Tom's saying but this has to be a unilateral sentiment, effect their pocket and they'll change their practice.
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind”
― Jim Morrison
If you give it your attention
@@PuffingOnClouds Is it even possible to ignore it at all?
Think Different - Thought Provoking Ideas yeah, press the off button.
100% true. Media controls everything
Exactly why what Jacinda Ardern did with the Mosque shooter here in NZ was so good
his face is not shown he is not given the attention the victims are given the attention and rightfully so
Tvtuu
Well done
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I never clicked on a video so fast .. I’ve been saying the same thing for years
But then he reminded us all of their names...
Weird...
@@highseassailor He didnt mention any name. Just the place where the shooting happened.
Great message. Do not give these kids people to celebrate. You are not a hero for ruining the lives of others. Being famous for killing others does not create value within yourself.
True so why are there still documents, movies and shows about Hitler, serial killers, child traffickers etc. It shouldn't just stop at Mass Shooters
I think this is mostly an American phenomenon.
Where I live in Britain, mass shootings are comparatively unheard of. (Because guns, obviously.) The last time we had anything like this was probably the Manchester suicide bombing of 2017, which killed 27 people. Back then, there was much discussion of who the victims (many of them children) were. The killer was discussed to, but more his motivations than his identity, and only for pragmatic reasons as a way into debating how best to deradicalise similar people to prevent further killings.
question from an American. Why do you guys use the letter s for words that phonetically end in “ize” like realize, generalize,... It doesn’t even have an s sound what’s up with that?
@@glitch5174 Do you know how such a trivial question comes across when discussing something so profound like this?
Simon Huggins I mean we pretty much agree fully about the “don’t idolize the killer” so that was unspokenly settled. I was just always curious about the whole s vs z situation and don’t know any British people to ask
@@glitch5174 Do you not read "ISIS" as "izis?"
The two letters are pretty much interchangeable in those contexts since there are no two possible pronunciations to disambiguate from, so it's down to an arbitrary convention.
@Vash Matrix You heard mostly wrong. London overtook New York in murders for one month, in what was a statistical blip. On average, New York has far more murders. And although it has got closer in recent years, that is due to New York getting much better, not London getting worse.
fullfact.org/media/uploads/NYPD_blue_chart.png
In fairness, New York's numbers have decreased significantly over the past decade. Credit where it is due.
I’ve been saying this since 1999. Should NEVER ONCE mention their name or show their photo or manifesto.
This is the best message I've ever seen on this subject! Sorry for your loss Tom.
Exactly . I agree . Media needs to change a lot , that means we all need to change our attitudes towards Media . What’s media ? What’s media for ?
Deep consideration and awareness of the essential issues are required.
Thank you so much for bringing this matter up .
I would like to offer my condolences for loss of your son .
Yeah they shouldn't name them, report on what happened but keep the identity of the shooter off news outlets should be a crime to publish the names...
Agreed. Focusing on the shooter is as stupid as focusing on the water when a hurricane comes ashore.
I am so so sorry for your loss. It broke my heart as well. May God be with you.
So sorry for your loss, can't even begin to imagine your pain! I will remember what you have shared here, with the loss of your son Alex, a soul who left too soon! May you find away to heal.
THIS should be on social media, not the murders’ profiles
Outstanding talk!
I actually wrote a paper about this my senior year in high school. Some of the best ways to reduce these mass shootings have very little to do with policy. This is a great Ted Talk.
I haven't gotten through the video yet, but I agree with the title.
This should be number 1 on trending!
This video should get more attention. Tom you are a great speaker, really connected with this. Thoughts to your baby alex and your family. 😢
Norway tried this with their killer. Unfortunately the International media didn't choose to comply.
right words indeed.
What a thought-provoking speech. Good job.
As much I would hate to point this out. people don't react till an incident directly affects them or their loved ones.
The media won't stop because it makes them tons of money.
Truth
@@ZennExile Neither of those will ever happen.
I don't care what your thoughts on gun violence is. The media has a responsibility to us to change their ways
Absolutely correct - and the same applies for terrorists / serial killers etc. Unless the criminal is still at large and therefore it is in the public interest to identify them - then just refer to them by using their prison number.
Even after 8 yrs, you can still hear the pain in his voice. My initial idea was to boil these mass shooters in hot water like the Mongols did to their enemies, but I suppose this is also a good strategy.
Very good talk .it is our power to reduce a random mass activities
This is part of a bigger discussion about what responsible journalism looks like in the 21st century. Are we ready to limit or censor the press in light of these new issues?
Can't believe this had to be said
I love this guy
Agreed. If the media stopped glorifying these people there wouldn’t be such an incentive to do this and “go down in history”.
dude it's the internet age. they don't need the media to be famous anymore.
Russell Howard touched on that a while ago. th-cam.com/video/lIIsDXRgdwg/w-d-xo.html
It’s infamy man. When they want to inflict pain on others, that promise for Infamy is what makes it easier.
Haven’t thought about mass shooter in long time... TILL THIS AIRED. Glad we’ve had a major decline in last 3 years compared to before.
Will Williams what does the BLM movement have to do with school shootings?
Totally agree with you Sir, no movies too to make them famous I am so sorry for you and your family, kind regards.
Hello Ted❤
Spot on. It's not about guns. It's all about what we're doing as a society.
Its about guns
@@adnanhowlader143 No, no it's not. In an ideal world lesser intellects would not be allowed to spew their opinions. Yet the world we live in is created by them. That's the whole point of this video.
So that we don't have to see people crushing on them in Tumblr
Flashback to when Jordan Peterson said this years ago along with many other experts and no one listened...
They still don't listen.
We are a society of quiet educated and loud idiots.
Stop making major Hollywood productions about serial murderers
anthony scaccia - You have proof that they play a part in the shootings?
@@logoslive
Not everything has to be a direct causation. In this case you might reason that the shooter wants to gain notoriety or push a terrorist agenda, which a feature-length movie would dramatically amplify.
logoslive Yes it’s called advertising! Everyday people are bombarded with things that are bad for them and yes it is their choice whether or not to use them or be inspired by them. And yes real life killers have been inspired by what they saw in a fuckin movie. This is coming from someone who loves film and tv like it’s my job. How many movies about Ted Bundy vs How many movies about Mr Rogers?
I feel what he says so much.
I love this man.
That is so true.
I'm so sorry
I agree 100%. It took a lot of strength for this father to make this speech and organise the campaign and we should not let his sacrifice of repeating the details about the worst moment in his life go to waste.
I never wanted to see the video of a killer bragging about killing, whether it's a teenage high school shooter, a white nationalist, or Islamic terrorist and judging by the response of the audience and people in the comments neither did they.
It's amazing that news organisations have not already implemented a policy like this themselves voluntarily, it shouldn't take a campaign of complaining to the new organisation and their advertisers for them to do the decent thing.
the murderer will become a subject for studies and we can prevent these happenings. the guy is not famous cause he is a human to be worshiped but he must be remembered cause the society made such a monster.
So true, and so brave to stand up there and talk about your precious son. You have made me think about this problem. I wish you and your family peace.
Making shooters famous could be why their a decensorship of mass shootings. Like you said we know their name, face, their talked about constantly and the victims are just a number
I fully agree.
We need an act of Congress, too, though.
And how about reduce the amount of guns or end the permition of gun handling?
Not every mass shooter is wanting to become famous and that is their main motivation. A lot of people are very violent and their families try to get them help. I think those families benefit from seeing in the news shootings because they are concerned their loved one can potentially do that someday. He did bring up some good points and if it works statistically then I would support it.
Also, I am going to college to work in Criminal Psychology. I watch true crime documentaries to remind myself of why I am sacrificing so much for this field. That isn't a bad thing those exist. Studying the psychology of why humans do what they do is natural and cannot be abolished.
The media won’t stop until we stop rewarding them for it. We expect better behavior from companies and politicians than we are willing to expect of ourselves.
Who dislikes this?
We don’t even know the names of the shooter. Just say a monster is loose and has committed a shooting.
All those people in the audience applauding now... guaranteed they will seek out and read and watch and like and share the next mass shooting stories too.
I'm looking at you CNN
At least mass murderers’ names are less plastered than they used to be. It’s not where it needs to be, but it’s getting there.
This is heartbreaking. I hope the media is listening. Thank you for sharing.
I do not endorse the undeniably inapropriate and sickening manner in which the media portrays mass shooters, yet no matter how much I try, I feel as if it cannot be the case that most mass murderers seek notoriety above all else. To put this another way, I think unless we are talking about very specific individuals and their personalities (whether they suffered from particular mental illnesses and personality traits or a combination of several such illnesses and traits that gave rise to these "notoriety seeking" desires), it cannot be claimed that most people commit such horrible acts of violence due to a strong desire to be famous. Fame has its appeal, do not get me wrong; especially for those who have been neglected while growing up or worse, been the center of attention in a negative light (the question that which is worse is more or less debatable) resulting in their developing psychological complexes and vigorously evil obsessions regarding "notoriety". Yet, most of these shooters, I'd reckon, do not commit such acts to become famous. They may view fame as a strangely exciting by-product of their plans; the way society is "finally" going to know who they are, but they do not derive the main motive power from these thoughts. I think it takes a very special person (purely technically speaking) to commit such terrible crimes solely, or even mostly, based on the desire for fame, while these people are rarely "special" in that regard. These are, by my estimation, more or less normal people, and if we want to stop this nightmare from happening, we might do well to take very real concepts of depression, anxiety, and particularly "simple" (as they are generally viewed) phenomena such as school bullying (a phenomena that, in my opinion, no part of which is in any manner "simple") or abuse (mental or physical) as well as suicide absolutely seriously. Remember, it only takes one kid (or adult, for that matter) to be fed up with this world, its vicious treatment of them and its diabolical unfairness to pull the trigger. And some of those triggers are not pulled on their own heads only.
Good lesson. Another hero I learned of today..Alex Teves. rest in peace and thank you for the lives you saved🙏
This is a good idea, but we should also have better gun laws. There is no reason we can’t do both.
Thank you sir. I am sorry for your loss. You point out something that has been pervasive for so many years. Change must come in all areas. "Act of Conscience"
Countless people have been saying this for years, it's not going to happen whether this guy likes it or not. He's just being an idealist. In the internet age people will always find out who did it and they will always have a morbid curiosity about it.
Have you ever considered that maybe part of the problem is people like you who refuse to try because everyone else will also refuse to try?
It makes me sick to think that these murderers are getting the attention for taking the lives of innocent others. Words cannot describe how those effected must feel.
To anyone who gave this video a thumbs down, I'd really like to understand why? What did Tom say that you disagreed with?
People writ large don't know what they want. You can cite as many surveys as you want, the fact of the matter is that while "people SAY they want to see less coverage of shootings", "more positive news", or anything else, the news media publishes what gets read... and that's what gets read. If you want the news to report with a conscience, the answer is to remove the profit motive out of the equation, not to write to their CEOs.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Yep I fully agree with this concept. We should no longer glorify mass shooters or serial killers. If I look on my cable guide I can find shows about serial killers on 24 hours a day on multiple channels. It's total bs to glorify these kind of fools.
Watch at 1.25x speed :)
l: It is the courage to continue that counts."
-- Winston S. Churchill
Article continues after video.
2. "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
-- Herman Melville
3. "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same."
-- Colin R. Davis
*My passion is Making animated Self help videos , I started it on my channel* 😊
I like how you quoted Churchill on a video that talks about how people make villains famous
I did research on mass shooters for my book: "The Conscience of An Agnostic," which is listed on Amazon. A number of these shooters gave clear warning signs. For example, Nikolas Cruz, the Parkland shooter, had depression, autism, and ADHD. He had been transferred six times in high school. He was like the hot potato that nobody wanted to touch. They knew that this kid was a mess. Same thing with the Columbine duo, the Virginia Tech killer, and the Sandy hook killer. So what's up with our mental health professionals?
Shocking! I can not describe how impactful this speech is to me! What Mr. Teves said was exactly a better approach than solving the gun problem and mental health.
always think twice before you decide to screw with someone. That goes for individual's and the powers that be. we were all dragged into this world, lets try and get along. Lets hope peace prevails, but i honestly don't think humanity can do that. too many people love power and control, and sometimes that backfires (no pun intended).
i agree, let's make them INfamous!
It boggles my mind how people can tolerate this stuff. Shooters and terrorists do it as a desperate, sick attempt to send a message. And what does the media do? They send the message. Why? How can this thing be accepted?
🙏 The sad world we live in. 😔
Less 'world' and more 'United States of America'. The problem really is much smaller outside of it.
Damnatio memoriae
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I agree with the man but here's the problem: we did not get here by accident. Media, did not get to this point by accident. People don't really care about being informed, they care about being apprised of what they consider to be important. What they consider to be important, is what they react to most strongly. And everybody reacts more strongly to bad news than to good news.
The reason that media puts out the most sensational stories in the most provoking way possible, is because it sells. The reason few large media outlets bother with anything else, is that those who tried simply got outcompeted. The customer demanded violence and death. The customer got what they wanted. It's the basic underlying psychology of people, the deviant is always more interesting than the normal. A shooting happens, people don't ask "Which completely normal/average person got killed?", they ask "Who's the crackpot with the gun, why did he do it, and did they get him?" We have nobody but ourselves to blame for what the media does.
So if, in a hypothetical case, current media companies were to change their ways and change the subject they'd report, the same thing would happen as it did before. Somebody else will report it instead, and whomever does first will draw the largest crowd because people will always seek the abject experience of touching the underlying horror.
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The media responds the way America wants, with dollar signs in its eyes. Don't blame the media, blame the audience demands for the coverage.
When you're TRULY dedicated to this change , you shut down your FB, TwT, Insta etc. !!!! Sorry for your loss and how the media disregarded your son.
I would vote for him in politics
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I would like to think this will work, and it is worth the effort. However, I fear the media has become the lap dog of the government, and the thirst for power and control is fed by these horrendous incidents. As powerful an incentive as money is, there are more powerful motivators for those with no conscience.
There was a very important law suit a few years ago that explained the purpose of media. Understand this before you move forward,Ted. The purpose of media is entertainment. Media is not your friend.
This guy is only partially right,they're still base causation reasons of why they even pick up the gun
There's no single unifying cause that can be easily found or addressed and this is not proposed as a panacea to end all mass shootings.
Think of it as a cost/benefit analysis and compare the pros and cons of making the shooters famous versus not doing that.
@@majorgnu drinking , drug's, abusing / hurting other's are still only symptoms not base causeation
@@keithdunham8139 Sure, but symptomatic relief is still a worthwhile pursuit while the base causes remain unresolved.
Agree this media makes them famous !
Should have just told him to get up
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He: We have a Profit maxing Media
Also He: they don't want more money, because Advertiser don't what shooter, violence, Wepons, Drugs, Death.
Just look at the Google Ad