Are the U.S. news media in favor of violence?

That depends on who's doing it.

Criminal violence is an easy call, and journalists make it — often with easy righteousness — every day. The yellow-tape segments that bleed and lead local TV news are so requisite that they're as predictable as commercials for fast food and digital gizmos.

Then there's the kind of violence — rarely occurring in the light of day — that gets scant media attention. With some ...

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