Mental Health Stigma Won't Prevent Mass Shootings / Olivia Riggio
When you are able to attribute mass shootings to mental illness, you don't really have to think about any systemic, cultural, or political issues. You can just say, “this is a bad apple, and that's why they did this bad thing.” I think it can be comforting in a way…When you're talking about the corporate press, it's simply easier. It's lazy because they're not really truly addressing the problem of mental illness either.
Olivia Riggio on her Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting article, “Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness Doesn’t Address Either Issue: Rationalizing the horrors of a mass shooting by emphasizing the perpetrator’s mental state does little to address the larger issue,” followed by Rotten History.
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Olivia Riggio
Olivia Riggio is a journalist and FAIR author who became FAIR's administrative and fundraising director in April 2021.