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I recommend everyone read Columbine by David Cullen. Not only is it definitive on the subject, it is an encompassing explanation of how media operates in crisis.

In the example of this shooting in Canada, as a parallel, one party reports that it's a muslim shooter, so other bodies get frantic and report the same thing. Only when there is an official statement (or a definitive, hindsight report once the dust has settled) from law enforcement, can we really know the facts.

For example, in the Columbine shooting, there were initial reports on how there were more than two shooters. That is because these initial reports came from people leaving the campus and single eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable. Obviously, there were two shooters, but in the mayhem it may have seemed like more.

Conspiracy theorists see this type of misreporting as a clear cover-up, when in fact the media is just delivering the news in the best, fastest way possible as being the party that "breaks" is very sought-after in the industry. Do not attribute to malice what is normally a mistake. This is what conspiracy theorists get wrong time and time again. It is bad research to fall into this trap.

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Behavior Concerns Advice Line (BCAL) for looking out for someone you know.

24-hour Couseling and Mental Health Center Crisis Line for yourself.

Also, if I learned anything reading <em>Columbine</em> by Dave Cullen, released 10 years after the shooting, it's that media 'facts' will likely be entirely incorrect with many false conclusions. Be wary about what you read.

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