On Tuesday, April 20, 1999, two seniors killed 12 students and 1 teacher at Columbine High School. The event sparked much controversy over the effects violence in the media has on its viewers. While the massacre can be traced back to a number of triggers, it becomes ostensible that the violence the two shooters were subject to caused a distorted reality which eased the conscience about what they were planning to do. As violence in the media grows, we can see the disastrous effects it has on society: media violence is to blame for the manipulated realities of our youth and in turn the atrocities they commit.
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