Republicans Who Oppose All Gun Control Laws Call On Media To Limit Their Reporting About Mass Shooters

July 21, 2023 Mass Shootings, Republicans

Via press release from GOP Rep. Andy Ogles:

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) introduced a resolution urging the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they seek and to minimize the potential ‘media contagion effect’ caused by sensationalistic reporting. The resolution aims to encourage a more balanced and ethical approach to reporting on violent incidents and to play a role in preventing the incitement of further acts of mass violence.

Breitbart reports:

Ogles and Lee point out that “media widely publicizes…murderers’ names, photographs, life stories, motivations, social media posts, and manifestos, giving criminals the notoriety and infamy they desire.” Moreover, “media coverage of a mass public murderer routinely outweighs the coverage of the victims.”

Acclaimed thinker, social critic, and psychologist Jordan B. Peterson applauded Ogles and Lee’s efforts to end the irresponsible practice of giving mass murderers glory through wall-to-wall media coverage.

Peterson said, “We could choose, as a society, to make mass shootings exceedingly rare, as they once were. However, doing so will require the press—and anyone else who has the attention of a wide swath of the public —to withhold from the mass shooters what they all desperately and murderously desire: fame.”

Many Republicans, including Ogles, have demanded the release of the manifesto of the recent Tennessee mass shooter who killed three people in his district.

Ogles last appeared here when he co-sponsored Lauren Boebert’s bill seeking to do away with red flag laws and block enhanced background checks for gun buyers between the ages of 18 and 21.

Ogles, you will recall, was exposed earlier this year for a wildly faked resume that drew immediate comparisons to George Santos.



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