The Media Has More Blood on its Hands with the Canadian School Shooting

By Dean Weingarten

Details about the school shooting in Canada are still in short supply. We know that police have a 17-year-old male in custody, facing four counts of murder and seventeen counts of attempted murder. It seems likely that the shooting was motivated by the media coverage given to mass shooters, especially school shootings, in the western world. From thestarphoenix.com . . .

“The community usually pulls together really strong in times like this,” said Clearwater River Dene Nation Chief Teddy Clark on Friday.

“Both Clearwater and La Loche, a lot of people are in shock. This is something that you only see on TV most of the time.” . . .

Desjarlais-Thomas forwarded to The Canadian Press a screenshot of a chilling exchange that had taken place on social media a short time before the shooting between a young male and his friends.

“Just killed 2 ppl,” wrote the young male. “Bout to shoot ip the school.”

The shooter is in custody, so we will likely get more information. But we know that this small town of about 2,600 is not an isolated Canadian village without communications to the outside world. They have electricity, paved streets, television, Internet and most …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns