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Vulnerability. the biggest issue and we talk about this after every shooting is the copycat effect. that's why we never mention the guy's name. that's why we try not to cover it blanket coverage because blanket coverage large spotlight which is what they want. each shooter cites previous shooters. that is a fact. each one inspires the next. my worry is because he filmed it he gave it a wider reach for more people to see, expanding his footprint and it is our -- i will not just go after social media, it is our responsibility in the media to shrink that footprint to as small as possible. >> dage...

Vulnerability. the biggest issue and we talk about this after every shooting is the copycat effect. that's why we never mention the guy's name. that's why we try not to cover it blanket coverage because blanket coverage large spotlight which is what they want. each shooter cites previous shooters. that is a fact. each one inspires the next. my worry is because he filmed it he gave it a wider reach for more people to see, expanding his footprint and it is our -- i will not just go after social media, it is our responsibility in the media to shrink that footprint to as small as possible. >> dage...

Regardless of what the motive su may have more attacks like this. part of that is the copycat effect that goes on with these cases. so i think this case may represent that in a new way, but we'll still have to see what comes out. >> steve, there's been a lot of concern. and again, i want to be clear about what we know and don't know. we don't know the motives yet. we don't know the extent to which there's a possible connection to any kind of jihadi ideology. but there has been -- bracketing that for a moment there has been concern about just essentially the way in which various jihadist groups...

A top federal official who focuses on this problem, who i spoke to recently, was mentioning to me how after you have an event like paris all kinds of threats of this nature that they're watching out for tend to get spun up and they get increasingly worried that regardless of what the motive su may have more attacks like this. part of that is the copycat effect that goes on with these cases. so i think this case may represent that in a new way, but we'll still have to see what comes out. >> steve, there's been a lot of concern. and again, i want to be clear about what we know and don't know. we...

Effect. you really do. when people may have a mental issue or terrorist types whether they be haters or, you know, internationally inspired people, they get a copycat effect and go back to it. it really behooves us to step up security at places that we might think are kind of, you know, in the news or in the killing area right then. you know? >> yeah. jim, we'll dip in here to local news. they're interviewing somebody from an adjoining store. let's go to wsmv down there in nashville. >> where? >> it was in the back of the theater. from my store, i could walk out my back door and see all the co...