Washington, D.C. Area Sniper Shootings (2002)

Simultaneously , media professionals are well-known for their ability to generate panic and create dangerous moods , and here , not the search for justice , but the search for sensations could potentially distort the real picture of the crime . For example , CNN was overtly concentrated on the case of a 13-year-old boy shot to death not far from his school , neglecting the role which other deaths could play in the process of investigation (CNN 2002 , HYPERLINK "http /archives .cnn .com /2002 /US /South /10 /08 /shootings .maryland /index .ht ml http /archives .cnn .com

/2002 /US /South /10 /08 /shootings .maryland /index .htm l . As a result , thousands of parents could become the victims of those dangerously misrepresented moods . Moreover , media sources can work to establish closer cooperation with police officials , but of them tried to support or encourage law enforcement professionals in their striving to resolve the case thus , criticism and the vision of the police 's inability to crack the case is traced as the major subject line across all media accounts

Obviously , of the four media accounts could become the cure of the discussed crime nor could they become its cause . With critical moods at hand , and with the desire to use Sniper Attacks as the means of judging the quality of police professionals ' work , newss and internet sources failed to go beyond the limits of traditional media coverage The information about a white van sought by police and an outstanding reward could stimulate the audience to think better of what they could do to help law enforcement officials resolve the situation Unfortunately , the journalists ' desire to help the situation was buried under the whole set of cynical moods , turning media accounts into just another source of unnecessary criticism - the criticism , which is inappropriate in situations , where the whole districts...