Don't Say His Name

On the Media | Jan 30, 2015

As jury selection in the trial of the Aurora shooter proceeds, families of the victims implore the media to refrain from using the gunman's name. Bob talks with Tom Teves, who lost his son Alex in the shooting rampage, about his efforts to keep the press from turning mass killers into media icons with his group, NoNotoriety. 

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