Virginia Tech Killer Inspired by MSNBC?
That’s what the ever-reliable New York Post’s claims. Money quote:
On Sunday night, April 15th, 12 hours before Cho Seung-Hui began his killing spree on the Virginia Tech campus, “Dateline NBC” devoted its entire show to telling the story of psychotic murderer Robert Hyde.
The morning after NBC’s show aired, Cho, described by schoolmates as an all-night TV watcher, shot and killed two people.
He then returned to his dormitory to mail a parcel to NBC. It included a note from Cho that began, “You forced me into a corner.”
Then he traveled to a different section of the Virginia Tech campus, where he shot and murdered 30 more people.
Mushnick’s piece is a variation on space aliens broadcasting directly to some lunatic’s brain–or Son of Sam claiming a black dog told him to kill. And it’s about as logical. How many millions of people have watched Natural Born Killers–and how many have become mass murderers? How many have read the Post’s classic headline Headless Body Found in Topless Bar, and been inspired to commit same?
Mushnick’s twisted plotline and attempt to blame the media comes straight from the WWE Wrestling he so much enjoys, and its founder, his pal Vince McMahon.