Blue Byline » drug trafficking organizations http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Mass murders make big news, unless it’s Mexico http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/02/03/mass-murders-make-big-news-unless-its-mexico/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/02/03/mass-murders-make-big-news-unless-its-mexico/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:30:04 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=1333

There is something not right about the media’s coverage of violence on this planet.

Serial killers such as Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway received sensational coverage during their killing sprees, the lengthy manhunts and the subsequent trials. Years later the stories of their crimes continue to garner news coverage, while the names of their victims (there were allegedly 30 and 71  respectively) pass into oblivion.

This past summer a lunatic named Breivik captured global attention when he gunned down and blew up a total of 77 people (not including scores who were grievously injured). The story held our fascination, both …

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