i wished i have seen the mtv coverage you mentioned- instead i saw the media coverage by the other major networks - i saw a lot of repetitions and some interviewers who wanted to get more sensational comments from their subjects by their leading questions-your comments show that the va tech students and alumni are intelligent, reasonable people–we know all kinds of tragedies happen in this world - a very horrific one took place very close to home at va tech - a great university that we love and one that has given so much to so many in her years of existance-and will continue to do so in the future- we mourn deeply the loss of so many students and faculty- people who were our family members because they were all hokies–in spite fo what happend at va tech on monday , april 16th 2007-va tech will always be a great university- a place we honor and love-i hope you will post your email so that others can be uplifted by your words- thank you

and my uncle wrote…

It is a terrible thing this one crazy & apparently very angry kid did. (No real clear indication yet why he is so angry, inside him internally). So terrible, for all those victims & family.

I agree with you about the cynical media thing. I must have read way too much of those articles where reporters (with 20/20 hindsight) keeps trying to lay blame, try to trick, bait, or trap VT officials/students into saying things that can be taken as “the school/cops/medical folks MUST have missed early signs, MUST have done something real wrong to let it come to this”.

In my line of work, I see reporters that don’t report news, they try to create news as they see it, just so they can report it as a scoop for themselves. Kind of sad, really.

Friday here at our office is VT memorial-rally day for us. I will be wearing my VT sweatshirt to work, I think you or your mom gave it to me.