Killer's manifesto sheds light

0 Comments | USA TODAY, April, 2007

When a package of photos and video from Virginia Tech serial killer Cho Seung Hui arrived at NBC News headquarters on Wednesday, it presented the network's executives with both a huge exclusive and an ethical quandary: Should they use the material on the air, and, if so, how?

On Thursday, some relatives of Cho's victims condemned NBC's decision to air portions of the "multimedia manifesto," as NBC anchor Brian Williams called it, on its various news shows. In protest, they cancelled appearances on Today Thursday morning. Their outrage was shared by a number of students, police officials and others who thought the airing was exactly what Cho had wanted, could spawn copycats or was simply too troubling.

The material was indeed disturbing. It showed the sick mind...

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