Someone explain to me the point of showing the VA Tech killers video? Looks to me it was revealed for entertainment factor. Makes me sick to my stomach...

There was a psychiatrist on Good Morning America that shot down the networks for showing it. I don't blame him. Kids don't need to see that.

I dont see what the big deal is? I mean, its a reality, it happend, you cant change that now. The kids see much worse on the news, in movies or on TV. I understand that it's more personal to them, ...

Yeah, but I think they should limit it to just talking about it. Showing a psycho rant in a video is the same as showing a kid a movie about a serial killer that is graphic. At least thats the wa...

i don't know about there but here we've always been exposed to things like that on the news. I can see your point tho. they do show WAY too much & they live for exposing someone else's misfortune...

Yeah. I just can't remember anything recently like that. I was shocked they put it on.

i was like in high school still, i think, when they were showing this standoff and the guy turned and shot himself....live on the news.

Well, that you can't forsee. They knew what they had with this footage. That's kind of like during the WTC coverage. They had no idea the buildings would fall or that people would jump out windo...

When I was in college there was a crazy kid who shot his head off with a shotgun in the parking lot in-between two dorms so that everyone could see... he started screaming his ex-girlfriends name o...

wait wait wait... ok, so i looked at the news coverage. How is this disturbing? I mean yes, the guy is obviously crazy, but he doesnt SAY anything thats particularly disturbing or DO anything that ...

it's not disturbing, but i don't think kids need to see it over and over either. the only problem i have with it is the copycat factor. by showing this loser's "manifesto," by giving him so much ...