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A Skeptic's Guide to Media Coverage of Mass Shootings

Edit The Oklahoman 02 Oct 2015
Here's what I learned from 16 years' experience covering massacres—and making some of these mistakes. By Dave Cullen @davecullen Photo. AP ... On the Media. I heartily endorse all these—and I have a few to add, based on 16 years covering mass shooters and making some of these mistakes. They are only primary on a limited number of facts ... But it’s still hearsay ... Us ... Why Does the Columbine Myth About "Martyr" Cassie Bernall Persist?....

Why Are Evangelicals So Angry?

Edit The Daily Beast 19 Sep 2015
Rick Santorum brought back the myth of Columbine martyr Cassie Bernall while defending Kim Davis, and it is a reminder that evangelicals thought things would be very different post-Columbine. At the undercard debate this week, Rick Santorum exhumed the myth of Columbine martyr Cassie Bernall to defend the Kentucky clerk trying to keep gays single....

Santorum's Columbine Story Not True

Edit The Daily Beast 17 Sep 2015
During Wednesday night's first GOP debate, Rick Santorum compared Kim Davis to teenage girl Cassie Bernall who ......

Rick Santorum Compares Kim Davis To Columbine Victim Who Refused To Rebuke God

Edit Huffington Post 17 Sep 2015
(It's unclear whether he was referring to Rachel Scott or Cassie Bernall, two Columbine victims who allegedly stood up for their faith in the face of the gunmen ... They're very different situations. . This post has been updated to note that Santorum could have been referring either to Scott or to Bernall ... ....

Columbine High School closed today in remembrance of lives lost 16 years ago

Edit Celebrity Café 20 Apr 2015
The principal at Columbine, K.C ... The victims in the attack were Steven Curnow, Daniel Mauser, Isaiah Shoels, Lauren Townsend, Kyle Velasquez, Cassie Bernall, Matthew Kechter, Corey DePooter, Kelly Fleming, Daniel Mauser, William “Dave” Sanders, Daniel Rohrbough, and Rachel Scott. Follow @celcafe. Tweet ... ....

Columbine High School Shooting Remembered On 16th Anniversary

Edit The Inquisitr 20 Apr 2015
Somers wrote in a letter to students and staff earlier this month. Since the massacre, the school has been closed every April 20, according to Fox 31 Denver ... Shootings ... Cassie Bernall, 17 Steven Curnow, 14 Corey Depooter, 17 Kelly Fleming, 16 Matthew Kechter, 16 Daniel Mauser, 15 Daniel Rohrbough, 15 William “Dave” Sanders, 47 Rachel Scott, 17 Isaiah Shoels, 18 John Tomlin, 16 Lauren Townsend, 18 Kyle Valasquez, 16 ... ....

'The Library' rewrites the book on Columbine

Edit The Los Angeles Times 24 Apr 2014
But the most pervasive — and to Burns most telling — myth involved two girls, Cassie Bernall and Valeen Schnurr, and what they did and did not say inside the Columbine High School library where they were reading "Cold Mountain" when Harris and Klebold descended upon them with their weapons ... The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall." ... Even inside her own church, the pastors praised Bernall, not her....

Frei: Longtime principal Frank DeAngelis at center of Columbine High spirit

Edit Denver Post 27 Jan 2014
(Denver Post file) ... Excitedly and in motion, Moore roared. "We are ...". The en masse response. "... Columbine!" ... Pride. Defiance. Resilience. Strength ... The spirit is in memory of murdered Columbine students Cassie Bernall, Steven Curnow, Corey DePooter, Kelly Fleming, Matthew Kechter, Daniel Mauser, Daniel Rohrbough, Rachel Scott, Isaiah Shoels, John Tomlin, Lauren Townsend and Kyle Velas- quez; and teacher-coach Dave Sanders ... De ... Terry Frei ... ....
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