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HCONRES 58 118th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications

Calling on the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they desire and minimize any possible "media contagion effect" of…

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Calling on the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they desire and minimize any possible "media contagion effect" of irresponsible and sensationalistic reporting practices.

Introduced: July 18, 2023 Introduced by: Ogles, Andrew Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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This concurrent resolution calls on the media to voluntarily adopt certain practices to prevent further harm from its coverage of mass public murders. Specifically, it calls for coverage that (1) denies murderers a public platform; (2) minimizes the potential for media reporting to increase the likelihood of future mass public murders (i.e., the media contagion effect); and (3) prioritizes the victims of, and heroism in the response to, mass public murders.

What's happening now July 18, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 58: Calling on the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they desire and minimize any possible "media contagion effect" of irresponsible and sensationalistic reporting practices.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-58/
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"H. Con. Res. 58: Calling on the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they desire and minimize any possible "media contagion effect" of irresponsible and sensationalistic reporting practices.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-58/.
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H. Con. Res. 58, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-58/.
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[H. Con. Res. 58: Calling on the media to engage in responsible and voluntary journalistic practices to deny mass public murderers the attention they desire and minimize any possible "media contagion effect" of irresponsible and sensationalistic reporting practices.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-58/)
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