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Lessons in journalism and The Myth courtesy of the Daily Mail
'); }()); Actual Daily Mail headline Bullied schoolboy, 16, ‘plotted British Columbine-style massacre targeting schools, mosques, cinemas and 19 teachers and pupils': There’s a trial going on over in...
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Sandy Hook report released
'); }()); Newtown gunman Adam Lanza had ‘obsession’ with Columbine: Adam Lanza Another story that I’ve been woefully behind on is that of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year. Back...
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Remembrance of e-mails past
'); }()); Late 90s me. Today I was closing a paid e-mail account that I’ve used for the past 12 years. FastMail if you’re curious, I highly recommend it. It can do all the things G-Mail can without...
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Pa. student arrested for threatening rap song called ‘Columbine’
'); }()); East Stroudsburg classmates’ reactions vary on student’s arrest over ‘Columbine’ rap song: An 18-year-old student from East Stroudsburg High School North in Pennsylvania has been arrested...
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Is there a link between Columbine and other shootings? Hell yeah there is
'); }()); According to WMAR in Baltimore, researchers are trying to find a link between Columbine and other mass shooters. I am far from a learned scholar but if you’ve been paying attention for the...
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Mother of Columbine killer to write book
'); }()); Sue Klebold, the mother of Columbine killer Dylan Klebold, is said to be writing her memoirs which will deal with the ‘indescribable grief and shame’ she has had to live with for 15 years....
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ABC News gets the Columbine effect right, then gets it very wrong
'); }()); Please watch the following video from ABC News in its entirety. You can also watch it at their website. This was a segment by correspondent Pierre Thomas for ABC News’ This Week With George...
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The bullied school shooter myth still needs busting even in 2014
'); }()); In the wake of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School shooting Vox.com looked into the bullied school shooter stereotype. What did they come up with? I think the title of the article kind of...
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Trenchcast 3: The anniversaries of tragedies
'); }()); Trench discusses the American media fascination with the anniversaries of tragedies. Download Audio (Right Click, Save As) RSS feed for Trenchcast Add to iTunes TR logo designed by MT...
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The Columbine Basement Tapes have been destroyed
'); }()); Former JeffCo. Sheriff Ted Mink This story is actually two months old and I apologize for taking so long in posting it. If you’ve followed anything about Columbine since that fateful day in...
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Mother of Columbine killer to give TV interview
'); }()); Sue Klebold, the mother of Columbine coward Dylan Klebold, is set to have an interview with Diane Sawyer aired om ABC in February of 2016. The date of the airing is set to coincide with the...
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20/20 to air interview with mother of Columbine killer
This coming Friday ABC News will be airing their interview on 20/20 that Diane Sawyer did with Susan Klebold, the mother of Columbine coward Dylan Klebold. They’re calling the episode “Silence Broken:...
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Trench’s thoughts on Sue Klebold’s 20/20 interview
I finally got around to watching “Silence Broken: A Mother’s Reckoning”, the interview Diane Sawyer did with Sue Klebold on 20/20 that aired this past Friday. If you missed it and have a cable...
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10 questions for Sue Klebold
In the wake of the recent interview with Sue Klebold on 20/20 Alan Pendegrast of Denver based alt-weekly Westword has written a piece entitled SUE KLEBOLD: TEN QUESTIONS COLUMBINE KILLER DYLAN...
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Sue Klebold blames guns for Columbine
Recently the Washington Post published a column entitled ‘If guns had been harder for my son to buy, Columbine might not have happened’ by Sue Klebold, the mother of Columbine coward Dylan Klebold. No...
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Sue Klebold to speak at mental health conference. Who’s paying?
When word of Sue Klebold’s book was being made public it was stressed that all the proceeds from the book were being donated to mental health charities. At the time I speculated that there is more...
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Sue Klebold blames guns for Columbine
Recently the Washington Post published a column entitled ‘If guns had been harder for my son to buy, Columbine might not have happened’ by Sue Klebold, the mother of Columbine coward Dylan Klebold. No...
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Sue Klebold to speak at mental health conference. Who’s paying?
When word of Sue Klebold’s book was being made public it was stressed that all the proceeds from the book were being donated to mental health charities. At the time I speculated that there is more...
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Sue Klebold gives TED Talk: Same old song and dance
Back in November Sue Klebold, mother of Columbine coward Dylan Klebold, gave a TED Talk about mental health issues. Apparently, they’ll let anybody give a TED Talk, but I digress. Here is the talk in...
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Columbine no longer in the top ten worst shootings
In the wake of the shootings at First Baptist Church in Sunderland Springs, Texas, where 26 people were killed, I was assaulted by the following headline by multiple news sources: “Columbine is no...
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