limit the amount of televised coverage of mass murders, which sensationalize these acts of violence.

Suicidal, disturbed individuals are seeing this as a way to get their 15 minutes of infamy, instead of dying a nobody. Ask yourself, why have their been more than 45 mass killings since Columbine. The media coverage goes on for days and the murderer is repeatedly shown during each if these segments. CBS evening news is asking what can be done to help curb this particular brand of violence. Beside the obvious ban on assault weapons, the answer is simple. Limit media coverage of these incidents and do not repeatedly mention the murderer by name. I fear that these mad men will continue to outdo each other to see who can commit the most heinous crimes. Public media, must take responsibility for their part in all of this. If we can't get them to change then we must, by turning off our TVs