Two words: Stop it.

I'm not sure what angers me more - the thought of having 25 plus people die from another school shooting, or the horrible, fear-inducing media coverage of inconsiderate reporters.

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3046030

What is the reporter trying to do? He is so quick to blame the police for not being there right in the moment! The interviewee said that the police came two minutes after the shooting, and the reporter asks, "so they were not outside when you jumped out the window?" What point are you trying to make? Do you think that the police can actually predict the future and be right there at that moment?

And then he has the audacity to ask the interviewee the name of his professor who was shot. That was very considerate of you, bravo for realizing that family members may not have been informed yet. I want to congratulate you for wanting to be that person who broke the news to them. You must feel special.

I feel angry at - obviously the media. But I am also angry that we as humans are feeding the media, wanting more information, granting interviews... I am also sad that I did not know about this earlier - I would not have posted my earlier post because it seems ironic that the time by time sequence of how I recorded my life is also the time by time sequence of how the news is covering the shooting.

Mass confusion: wanting to know more, angry at how the media is reporting this but am willing to sit through it to try to understand what is happening. I know, it is hypocritical.

Guilt: What if the reporter reads this - he will feel guilty. Not necessarily what I want. I just want that reporter and every reporter to realize that the media is the only source we have in these traumatic situations. A little more sense in questioning and reporting will cause less hysteria, less pain, and will give us more credibility to think on our own.