As soon as media coverage of the tragedy started, people started spreading the news to their friends and family. Whatever was reported is what these people believed. Very few people took the time to comb through the evidence and really understand the truth of the shooting. “What most people know about the massacre is what they learned in the first few days after it occurred” (Cullen, “The Depressive”). People tried to make sense of such a large scale tragedy. They latched onto anything that seemed believable. Not knowing the whole truth themselves, “the media were more than a little complicit, broadcasting unfounded rumors” (Krist). The job of the media is to communicate information quickly. The media does not take the time to examine
As soon as media coverage of the tragedy started, people started spreading the news to their friends and family. Whatever was reported is what these people believed. Very few people took the time to comb through the evidence and really understand the truth of the shooting. “What most people know about the massacre is what they learned in the first few days after it occurred” (Cullen, “The Depressive”). People tried to make sense of such a large scale tragedy. They latched onto anything that seemed believable. Not knowing the whole truth themselves, “the media were more than a little complicit, broadcasting unfounded rumors” (Krist). The job of the media is to communicate information quickly. The media does not take the time to examine