University Diaries » ‘[T]he Birmingham mass shooting was something of a blip. NPR did lead its Monday afternoon newscast with the story, but the New York Times buried its print article on Page A14. In an age of school shootings and presidential assassination attempts, bursts of gunfire on crowded city streets are getting shorter and shorter shrift. This was, after all, the third quadruple murder in Birmingham this year, including one outside a public library. Didn’t hear about that? Me neither.’

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‘[T]he Birmingham mass shooting was something of a blip. NPR did lead its Monday afternoon newscast with the story, but the New York Times buried its print article on Page A14. In an age of school shootings and presidential assassination attempts, bursts of gunfire on crowded city streets are getting shorter and shorter shrift. This was, after all, the third quadruple murder in Birmingham this year, including one outside a public library. Didn’t hear about that? Me neither.’

If a mass shooting happens in the dead of a Saturday night and America has forgotten about it by the time Sunday’s 1 p.m. NFL games kick off, did it make a sound?

Margaret Soltan, September 24, 2024 10:22AM
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