Tell the Media: Stop Giving Shooters Access to Enduring National Notoriety

We request that the media NOT provide or report information on the identity (including photos) of people who commit acts of terror such as the recent shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. This can be accomplished by an industry-wide agreement, or, failing that, governmental regulation. The media are encouraged to provide as much information and recognition and honoring of the victims as is appropriate, but must not devote one millisecond of media space to letting the general public know who the perpetrators are. The public should be provided with only the most basic of information, in order to avoid providing the very sick individuals who commit these heinous, misdirected acts a national and worldwide stage from which to go down in infamy. Let us see if this one change in our societal norms can help stanch the spate of mass violence against innocent victims. It is the responsible thing to do. It is the RIGHT thing to do.