Fear Tends to Overshadow Facts -Avery Yoss

This article discusses the details of school shootings and how they have been mis-detailed. People tend to think that school shootings are becoming more and more common, but that is not necessarily true. The shooting at Columbine high school outside of Denver is the most important/tragic shooting so far, taking place in 1999. People often say that that the two boys who were the shooters at this tragic event were plotting to kill certain groups of people, which is not true. As the story spreads, the details tend to change a lot. The article confirms that it is not true that school shootings are becoming more and more common.

I think the reason that people think school shootings are happening more often now is because of technology and the media. Everyone hears when there is a shooting now but it wasn't as common to hear about it before.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/28/us/when-columbine-is-invoked-fears-tend-to-overshadow-facts.html?ref=us&_r=0