This week we’ll talk about the shootings at a practice for a Republican Congressional baseball team outside of DC. We'll also look at media coverage of mass shootings in general, including yesterday’s shooting at a UPS facility here in San Francisco.
These events often trigger brief discussions of the pros and cons of gun control. And then the dialogue fizzles. How can journalists help take the conversation further?
Guests:
Mark Follman, national affairs editor at Mother Jones
Amanda Marcotte, politics writer for Salon
Kurtis Lee, political reporter for the Los Angeles Times
Resources:
Kudos:
Vox: We asked 8 Senate Republicans to explain what their health bill is trying to do
LA Times: In a time when the country is deeply divided, baseball unites
NY Times: The Mortification of Jeff Sessions
Mother Jones: Sessions: Trump Never Showed Interest in Russian Hacking
Mother Jones: The Most Shocking Revelation From the Sessions Hearing
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SF Gate: UPS gunman had complained to management, but killed fellow drivers
Mother Jones: Anti-Trump Rage May Not Adequately Explain the Congressional Shooting
LA Times: Another shooting, and once more Democrats call for gun control, while Republicans defend gun rights
Salon: Don’t miss the point on Alexandria and San Francisco: There is a solution for mass shootings
FAIR: Action Alert: With Sleazy Innuendo, NYT Lays Virginia Attack at Bernie Sanders’ Feet
Vox: Rep. Mo Brooks saw his colleague get shot. It didn’t change his mind about gun control
The New Yorker:Mass Shootings Haven’t Changed the Gun-Control Debate
The New Yorker: The Link Between Domestic Violence and Mass Shootings
The Daily Beast: The Gunman, the Congressman, and the Law