# A call to end the media coverage mass shooters want

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMileHigh
- Speaker: Tom Teves
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_teves_a_call_to_end_the_media_coverage_mass_shooters_want)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

On July 20, 2012, a mass shooting in a movie theater of Aurora, Colorado left the town, and its nation, reeling. To many -- including Tom Teves, who lost his son in the tragedy -- the news coverage that followed focused on all the wrong things. Why did the reporting overwhelmingly fixate on the shooter rather than the lives of the victims or the heroic efforts of first responders? With urgency and measure, Teves calls for responsible media attention that acts in the interest of the public (instead of profit) by revoking what shooters want most: infamy.

## Lectures

1. [A call to end the media coverage mass shooters want](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tom_teves_a_call_to_end_the_media_coverage_mass_shooters_want/a269cd317b8e), 15 min (TED's player)