Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

sunonmars

(8,656 posts) Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:05 PM Oct 2018

They got photos of the bombs....

Link to tweet

NBC News Exclusive: Below is a photo of one of the suspicious devices intercepted by law enforcement and obtained by NBC News:

4 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

They got photos of the bombs.... (Original Post) sunonmars Oct 2018 OP

I thought they were trying to keep things like that unavailable. dhol82 Oct 2018 #1

To prove its real and not FAKE NEWS/FALSE FLAG workinclasszero Oct 2018 #3

It fits the five criteria of being newsworthy. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #4

That's just silly. Even a completely inert object looking like this can cause panic. ck4829 Oct 2018 #2

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

1. I thought they were trying to keep things like that unavailable.

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:15 PM

Oct 2018

Did not want copy cat incidents.
Why would NBC do that?

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

3. To prove its real and not FAKE NEWS/FALSE FLAG

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:17 PM

Oct 2018

Like every Trump cultist in this country is screaming at this moment I bet.

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

4. It fits the five criteria of being newsworthy.

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:27 PM

Oct 2018

1. Timing
2. Significance
3. Proximity
4. Prominence
5. Human Interest

(There is no objective evidence that failure to show a picture of a specific weapon used in a mass shooting prevents copycat killings...)

ck4829

(35,077 posts)

2. That's just silly. Even a completely inert object looking like this can cause panic.

Reply to sunonmars (Original post)

Wed Oct 24, 2018, 12:16 PM

Oct 2018

Reply to this discussion