Has NBC made the V-Tech shooter into a folk hero for America's angry youth?
A hero of the Emo Generation...?
And a role model for the Young American "Goth Nation...?"
My hunch is yes... The next crazed young gunman will likely use the V-tech killer as his model..."multimedia press package" and all!
After all this is the YouTube generation...
I was in Salt Lake City shortly after the young Utah Muslim shot up the mall there...killing 6 people...
And while having a coffee at Sam Wellers one day....I could not help noticing how many young Utahans are into the Goth and Emo culture and way of dress...
My understanding of the Salt Lake case was that the shooter was dressed in the trade mark long black trench coat...etc etc...that is so common among youth who are living on the "dark side..."
By humanizing the V-Tech shooter...NBC has make him into an object of sympathy for some...and ominously a role model for others...
I don't criticize NBC for their actions... The right to know the news trumps the right of the government to put out only happy face propaganda...
Perhaps American "sensibilities" are being protected too much from the harsh realities of the truth...
No matter how hard that truth is to understand...or square with the "official mythology" in the mainstream media...
