Media Reconsiders Mass-Shooting Coverage

Disastrous Uvalde Police Response • The NRA Effect • Will Mitch Act? [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Media Reconsiders Mass-Shooting Coverage Good morning from the Hive newsroom! With coverage of mass shootings becoming grimly routine in America, journalists are questioning if a more graphic approach is needed to capture the horrors of gun violence, Charlotte Klein [reports](. “There are moments in history,” says David Boardman, dean of Temple University’s journalism school, where “visual reality of this sort of carnage may be the only way to really move citizenry and politicians.” Meanwhile, Bess Levin [rips apart]( Republicans’ “Good Guy With a Gun” mantra in light of new revelations about the disastrous police response to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, and [doubts]( Mitch McConnell will lead his party to act. One reason, as Eric Lutz [points out](, is the gun lobby’s stranglehold on the GOP. Thanks for reading! [Image may contain: Symbol, and Cross]( [“We Cannot Sanitize These Killings”: News Media Considers Breaking Grimly Routine Coverage of Mass Shootings]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [As journalists descend on Uvalde—as they did on Columbine, Newtown, and Parkland—some are questioning whether a more graphic approach is required to capture the reality of America’s gun violence epidemic. “It’s time,” suggests one industry leader, “to show what a slaughtered 7-year-old looks like.”]( [Read more button]( [Republicans’ “Good Guy With a Gun” Calls Look Even More Absurd in Wake of Disastrous Police Response During Texas School Shooting]( By [Bess Levin]( [Other ridiculous GOP proposals that undoubtedly would not have stopped the massacre include schools only having one door.]( [Read more button]( [The NRA Is Pouring Millions Into Blocking Gun Violence Prevention]( By [Eric Lutz]( [Texas Republican Ted Cruz has hauled in more cash from gun groups than any other politician in the last 10 years.]( [Read more button]( [Mitch McConnell Shows Interest in Passing Gun Reform, an Act He’ll Undoubtedly Follow Up by Doing Jack S--t]( By [Bess Levin]( [The Senate minority leader has an extensive track record of blocking gun control legislation, including after school shootings.]( [Read more button]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2022 Condé Nast