An image that NBC News say they received
from Cho Seung-Hui, the shooter in the Virginia Tech shootings, is seen as
it is aired on the NBC Nightly News, April 18, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters
Photo)
NEW
YORK, April 19 (Xinhua) -- In response to public criticism, many U.S. news
organizations, including NBC, on Thursday decided to cut back on their use of
Virginia Tech gunman's final words and videotape.
Some victims' family members cancelled appearances on
"The Today Show," an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings
on the NBC television network, in protest against the release of the xenophobia
manifesto.
On the videos and in his writings, Cho Seung-hui
railed against the world, singling out "snobs" and "rich kids," and painted
himself as a victim, saying the massacre did not have to happen.
"You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have
avoided today, but you decided to spill my blood," said Cho. "You forced me into
a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood
on your hands that will never wash off."
Cho also made reference to Dylan Klebold and Eric
Harris -- the two teens responsible for the deadly Columbine High School
shooting in 1999.
The package, whose time stamp showed it was mailed
from the Blacksburg Post Office at 9:01 a.m. Monday -- between the shootings at
a dorm and an engineering building on campus -- contained dozens of photos and a
23-page illustrated manifesto. NBC's Manhattan office received the package on
Wednesday.
NBC began airing the video and pictures Wednesday
evening, and other stations followed once the tapes were released.
Cho, a native of South Korea, killed 32 people on
Virginia Tech' s campus before shooting himself on Monday morning. It was the
deadliest campus massacre in U.S. history.
WASHINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The gunman in Monday's
shootings at Virginia Tech sent material to NBC News between the first and
second shooting incidents that together killed 33 people, including the gunman
himself, police said Wednesday. Full story
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The police Tuesday
identified the suspect of the Virginia Tech shooting as Cho Seung-Hui, a native
of South Korea, who killed 32 people before taking his own life
Monday. Full story
BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The gunman in the
Virginia Tech shooting is described as a "loner," whose "twisted" writing made
classmates suspect he might become a school shooter. Full story
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