Re:Google maps shows location of San Bruno shooting
by uhhyeahdude on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:01PM
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Prior to that there was the Satanic Panic of the eighties, which did even more to the shifting relationships between children and adults. The panic was a seemingly organic media ratings fest, and reading up on it (I was born later than the audience) has been fascinating.
I cannot speak to your other proposals, as I would be adding additional speculation to something borne of tragedy that cannot be denied, regardless of specifics.
Re:Google maps shows location of San Bruno shooting
by labster on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:50PM
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You're right it's part of a huge conspiracy by the media to inform us that people are dying. Why newspapers and cable news would seek to inform people of current events remains a mystery, but it seems awfully suspicious.
It kind of reminds me of the late 90's and early 2000's when all of a sudden kids getting abducted became huge news. That forever changed the way adults could interact with strange kids, and how parents viewed unknown adults.