I’ve Seen the Limits of Journalism
Twenty years ago, I was convinced the shootings I covered at Columbine would change everything. That’s not what happened.
by John Temple
Aug 05, 2019
3 minutes
No. Not again.
That’s how I felt on Saturday when I heard the terrible news from El Paso and then again on Sunday morning when Dayton added a second blow. I imagine I wasn’t alone. Each time the shocking news of another mass shooting arrives, I find myself wanting to turn away.
I was the editor of the in Denver when the Columbine High School shootings gripped the nation in 1999. The Columbine attack was covered live on cable and broadcast television.
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