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Charlie Brooker's Newswipe 25/03/09
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A clip from Charlie Brooker's Newswipe in which a forensic psychiatrist argues that intense news coverage of school shooters encourages copycat attacks, alongside Brooker's satire of formulaic news reporting.
HN cites it in discussions about how media should report mass shootings, as an expert-backed argument for not glorifying perpetrators.
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