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1. July 20, 2012 05:30 PM

   ABC News: armchair psychologist

   The network offers irresponsible speculation about the Colorado shooter

   By Curtis Brainard

   Here we go again. A gunman fires on an unsuspecting crowd and the American media leap to conclusions about the shooter’s state of mind. The most reckless example of this, following the early Friday morning killing spree in an Aurora, CO, movie theater, which left as many as 14 dead and dozens more wounded, was a deplorable article from ABC...

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2. July 23, 2012 03:00 PM

   Memorializing

   What to call those piles of flowers

   By Merrill Perlman

   Bob Kamman, a regular correspondent, writes: When unexpected deaths occur that are newsworthy, what often happens is that people leave flowers, cards and other tangibles near the location of the event. So it’s not surprising that within 24 hours of the Aurora shooting, there are news reports of ‘makeshift memorials.’ They’re never just memorials. They are always makeshift memorials.So I...

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3. July 20, 2012 03:48 PM

   Reactions to the Aurora shooting: the wrong, the sad, the irrelevant

   How one tragedy led to many premature conclusions

   By Hazel Sheffield

   It doesn’t take long for news to travel about a tragedy like Friday’s midnight shooting at a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, CO, anymore. But the pressure for outlets to keep pace with social media and find new angles on the story when updates aren’t readily available has resulted in reactive journalism ranging from the curious to...

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