118th Congress · HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONBILL

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.

“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.”

Science, technology, communications

Introduced Jul 18, 2023

Last action Jul 18, 2023

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SummaryCRS Summary

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.

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Jul 18, 2023

Introduced in House

Jul 18, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.