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Media and Massacre: Dissecting the Coverage

A movie theatre shooting in America has re-ignited a long-running debate on how the media covers massacres and their aftermath.
 
We're all familiar with body counts, shooter profiles and history, anecdotes from family and friends as well as painstaking timelined narrative re-constructions. But do these do more harm than good?
 
Panorama speaks to a mental health spokesperson and a media analyst to take a look at this disturbing and recurring issue.

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