Essays on Sleuthing

A tried gunfire case took place at a Western psychiatric hospital in the United States. This mass shooting was carried out by a 30-year old man who was expected to have severe psychological disease, somatic misapprehensions and extraordinary access to medical experts. During the attack, six people were shot where one died on the spot. The police killed the shooter. Information about the shooting was gathered from media accounts and court documents. The shooters interaction with health care officers, psychiatric history, and his communication before the firing suggested an occasional type of mass killing. This is an accidental attack ...

Dr. Spiegel`s interest and involvement in dealing with mass shooting started on February 23, 2012 when he received a strange letter from the unknown. This letter was written in a delusional manner and at the end of it there was a scream for help which said: “Your work may save my life, UPMC will not. Would you help?” (Spiegel, 2013) Although, because of his occupation Dr. Spiegel receives lots of strange letters and emails but this one caught his attention greatly. Without hesitation he wrote to UPMC about the author and content of letter. Something told Dr. Spiegel ...

Borschel, A. (2012) Sleuthing the truth in the media. Washington: IBJ Book Publishing.

In “Sleuthing the truth in the media”, the author Audrey Borschel questions the truthfulness of media and of the messages that it sends. Borschel argues that in the current world, when the thirst of information is so high and people are dependent on interesting, engaging and sometimes scandalous news, journalists tend to deliver precisely these assets, while transforming the truth into what people want. Nevertheless, this comes with a cost: the cost of the accuracy of the news and the cost of the integrity of the journalists. Various media contents are being analyzed in order for their messages to ...