Mass Shootings and the Media: Deciding What Gets Covered

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Watch VideoYou're an editor or producer in a national newsroom. Two mass shootings come in over the wire. One took place inside a home...the other at a crowded grocery store. Both saw multiple confirmed deaths. Both suspects are dead.

What do you cover first? And what gets the most airtime? Experts say people often perceive...

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