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Speaking of fetishizing, how many times do I have to look at those stupid pictures the killer took of himself!? (NBC execs must have messed themselves with glee when that package arrived.) I collapsed the "lead news photo" section of my Yahoo home page just so I wouldn't have to look at the guy pointing a gun at me anymore. Naturally, my TV is off as always. But leaving my house means I will see those images again and again today, on front pages in newspaper vending machines, on the TV monitors that lurk in practically every restaurant, shop or lobby, and so on. Surely this media overexposure is exactly what this messed-up kid wanted, and damned if the media aren't accomodating. I was especially vexed by a headline I saw when I first logged on today - Va. Tech victims horrified by killer photos. Gee, no f***in' kidding! So, let's shove it in their faces for a few more days. (Then next week, they'll almost certainly feature on the covers of TIME and Newsweek. I can hardly wait.) I would have found it refreshing if instead, MSNBC had come on the air, told about the mailing it received, and announced that they weren't showing anything, just to spite the sick bastard. Instead, I imagine those documents are going to spawn books and TV specials. I'll be doing something else, thanks.
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