Lessons from Columbine about School Shootings and Media Misinformation | Retro Report

Explore how the killing of twelve students and a teacher at Columbine High School, combined with the media’s portrayal of the attack, continues to shape how we view and understand school shootings today.

Initial news coverage quickly portrayed the perpetrators as two alienated students, obsessed with carrying out a revenge fantasy against bullies. Those early media profiles have since proved incomplete, but they continue to shape the way we understand school shootings today.