I've recently watched ID's shows about the "Golden State Killer" and the "BTK" . The BTK at least reached out for media attention apparently even after he'd stopped killing. I've long thought that violent , random serial criminals were , in part, attention $#@!s. Now obviously they have a lot more faulty switches than that. But I have long thought that media attention fueled part of what they did.
But to deny them the media attention is to not warn your citizens and to lose big scoop stories. Does anyone else feel that some of them crave the attention? If so how should the media handle these situations? I have no real answer because of the catch 22 but wanted to see what others here thought.