MSNBC has been a platform for murderers and killers of all kinds. It's part of their business plan.
Turn on the so-called "news" channel on any weekend to see who qualifies to be one of their "Headliners and Legends." This is apparently a documentary series whose purpose is to give those who got way more than 15 minutes of fame even more fame.
Jeffery Dahmer.
BTK Killer.
Robert Chambers.
Green River Strangler.
Ted Bundy.
The list goes on, but you get the point. In my book, none of the above should qualify for the increasing and continuous fame that MSNBC is willing to give them.
And who is watching this stuff? I would wager that the glorification of the infamous is particularly welcome to those who have been conditioned to regard murder as entertainment and violence as mainstream culture. But are these the achievements of a civilized society?
There's also the issue of re-traumatizing the victims and their families, a consideration that gets trampled when the corporate buck is on line. Here's a sane plea regarding the showing of the VA Tech videos:
At a press conference yesterday, Virginia State Police Colonel Steve Flaherty scolded news organizations for using the material. He said that Cho’s videotapes and pictures served no journalistic purpose and re-traumatized the Virginia Tech community.
http://www.boston.com/...
So I ask MSNBC: when will you stop using your airwaves for continued promotion of the violence of the most ruthless in our culture? Why are their crimes replaying on your network, week after week? You may conveniently forget that there are victims and their families who do not deserve the casual replay of their traumas.
Does any of this matter to the NBC corporation?
Steve Capus, NBC News President, on the Imus matter and the decision to disassociate from his objectionable show:
Why do you have an integrity policy if you’re not going to enforce it?
At some point, you have to say enough is enough.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
What integrity does NBC really have when it celebrates those who willingly inflict harm on others? Yes, some will say that these shows do not celebrate. I disagree. The repetitive inclusion of the sociopathic into the mainstream surely desensitizes the stable in our culture, while it inflames the most unstable to act out.
And let me anticipate an immediate objection to my point here. I'm not asking for government censorship; I'm asking why there is no corporate attention to the responsible use of the airwaves.
So I ask NBC why they regard America's most notorious murderers as Headliners and Legends? Deserving of endless repeats on MSNBC?
How long before Mr. Cho is one of your "Headliners and Legends?"