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Several people, including law enforcement shot near Texas A&M University
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victreeb3l
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no deaths so far, thank goodness
Already put that link...
I'm not sure what your point is now.
- That was reported.
- That happened three days ago. i.e., also after the Aurora incident
- It wasn't at or in the proximity of a university to warrant the same condition.
It's been out of hand for a while now. Once the news stories move on to the next flavor of the month, there will still be mass shootings. No one gives a fuck and it sucks.
Yep. Pretty much.
Ahh ok.
DUFFMCWALIN
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People are getting desperate. The economy is still in the shitter and the country seems to be running aground in many areas. This is truly sad but not surprising.
It was reported in Mass media? Not local? Really? Where?
It was near Temple. I can give you another mass shooting that happened in Germantown. Also, near Temple. Reported in local news, of course but Mass media? Nope.
Inappropriate much?
Too late they gonna crucify you!!!
Can't it just wait like... 24 hours? 1 day... that's not asking too much.
outunderthestars
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Let's at least wait until we know something about the matter before jumping to conclusions.
True Underdog
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This.
You've lost track of what you were trying to say.
First off, you never specified "mass media". I replied to you, "There was a time when shootings at universities and movie theatres weren't reported?" and you sardonically replied, "Uh, yes".
If you want to say that your point this entire time has been about the mass media, then fine. Miscommunication. But:
Your initial point was that the reporting has changed recently because of Aurora. "Aurora is why these stories have hit the radar of major news more frequently the past few weeks." Yet your example for this was to post a shooting (that hadn't been reported in the mass media) from three days ago (Aug 10, 2012). That actually contradicts what you're saying.
Recommendation was to keep coverage local and to not focus on the perpetrators.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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Has never been proven to have any effect on crime.
V
Vilix
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My alma mater. 
phosphor112
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It aint the kind of place to raise your kids.
perfectchaos007
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The officer is the only confirmed fatality on my local news channel.
airmangataosenai
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Wow, what the fuck is wrong with you
CS police confirmed the civilian death. No name released.
Shake Appeal
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It's really important that we not 'politicize' this tragedy. We should give it at least a week before we do. At least a week.
(That way we can ensure another one will have happened and it will, once again, be too soon to 'politicize' these tragedies.)
(That way we can ensure another one will have happened and it will, once again, be too soon to 'politicize' these tragedies.)
jamesinclair
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Actually, the US averages a mass shooting damn near every week.
Theyre just not reported outside of local news because theyre so common.
Its like the way 30,000 americans are killed every year in car crashes. The news barely writes a sentence about them because they literally happen every hour.
True Underdog
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My alma mater.
Homeboyd's and mine as well.
Another board I'm on said that KBTX reported that a civilian died and that the shooter is dead now, too but I don't see it on there.
On the little insert to the left:
Currently:
Shooter in custody.
One officer and one civillian have died from injuries.
Two other officers received non-life threatening injuries.
True Underdog
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Yeah. Just saw it. :/
Yeah I definitely know.
I was just stating that the ones being reported on outside of local news is getting out of control as well. Sign of the times.
Mine too, and I still live in the area :|
Was hoping it'd be like the previous ones with false sightings rather than a real shooting. Guess that was too much to hope for
Mine too.... actually work full time on campus now (drove by the scene after lunch today.... as I'm sure you can imagine cops were everywhere).
Not that I'd believe the dallas news over our local one but they are saying the whole thing was over an eviction notice. http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Multiple-people-shot--166004076.html
BakedPigeon
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Cosmic Gate was on to something......
Mine too, and I still live in the area :|
Was hoping it'd be like the previous ones with false sightings rather than a real shooting. Guess that was too much to hope for
Yeah, I was outside the Chemistry building in '09 showing around prospective grad students when the alarm (false) went out of a gunman in the Bum Bright building. Not fun.
KBTX said:
Zoe
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That would explain why most of the victims were officers.
True Underdog
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Mine too, and I still live in the area :|
Was hoping it'd be like the previous ones with false sightings rather than a real shooting. Guess that was too much to hope for
I'm in the metroplex now. Pretty sure homeboyd is too. I got locked down in Koldus during the false sighting in 2010. Provided GAF with updates too.
Was working in Blocker for the media center and had to get equipment out of Bum Bright too, that night in '09.
Slayer-33
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Zoe
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That's counting the shooter.
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