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"Media's Sense For the Dramatic" Drives Coverage of Las Vegas Killing, Says Prof. Jeff McCall '76

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"The shooting in Las Vegas is sad and tragic, of course, but frankly, it doesn’t need to be on the national news agenda," says Jeff McCall, professor of communication at DePauw University, of the killing of Tammy Meyer.  The professor tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "The supposed randomness of the shooting appealed to the media’s sense for the dramatic, and drove coverage before all of the details were available."


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