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From the Ted Talk by Tom Teves: A call to end the media coverage mass shooters want

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Two: limit the use of the shooter's name to once per piece, never in the headlines and no pictures in prominent locations.

And three — Three.

(Laughter)

I'm not good with numbers.

(Laughter)

Refuse to publish any self-serving material provided by the shooters.

(auspaple)

To be clear: this is not an infringement on anyone's First Amendment rights. This is not csiehnosrp. We are merely asking the mieda to leverage guidelines they already have in palce.

For example, the media does not report on journalists that have been kidnapped in order to pcrotet them. The media does not report the nmaes and images of victims of sexual assault or suicide. These responsible journalistic pairectcs protect public safety with zero impact on the public's right to know.

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Two: limit the use of the shooter's name to once per piece, never in the headlines and no pictures in prominent locations.

And three — Three.

(Laughter)

I'm not good with numbers.

(Laughter)

Refuse to publish any self-serving material provided by the shooters.

(________)

To be clear: this is not an infringement on anyone's First Amendment rights. This is not __________. We are merely asking the _____ to leverage guidelines they already have in _____.

For example, the media does not report on journalists that have been kidnapped in order to _______ them. The media does not report the _____ and images of victims of sexual assault or suicide. These responsible journalistic _________ protect public safety with zero impact on the public's right to know.

Solution


  1. censorship
  2. place
  3. protect
  4. practices
  5. names
  6. media
  7. applause

Original Text


Two: limit the use of the shooter's name to once per piece, never in the headlines and no pictures in prominent locations.

And three — Three.

(Laughter)

I'm not good with numbers.

(Laughter)

Refuse to publish any self-serving material provided by the shooters.

(Applause)

To be clear: this is not an infringement on anyone's First Amendment rights. This is not censorship. We are merely asking the media to leverage guidelines they already have in place.

For example, the media does not report on journalists that have been kidnapped in order to protect them. The media does not report the names and images of victims of sexual assault or suicide. These responsible journalistic practices protect public safety with zero impact on the public's right to know.

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Important Words


  1. amendment
  2. applause
  3. assault
  4. censorship
  5. good
  6. guidelines
  7. headlines
  8. images
  9. impact
  10. infringement
  11. journalistic
  12. journalists
  13. kidnapped
  14. laughter
  15. leverage
  16. limit
  17. locations
  18. material
  19. media
  20. names
  21. numbers
  22. order
  23. pictures
  24. piece
  25. place
  26. practices
  27. prominent
  28. protect
  29. public
  30. publish
  31. refuse
  32. report
  33. responsible
  34. rights
  35. safety
  36. sexual
  37. shooters
  38. suicide
  39. victims