If “power” is infamy, then yes.
These are happening more because the media amplifies the notoriety of the perpetrator.
There were no mass school shootings, even though guns were readily available, just decades ago. What changed is God was removed from public discussion and infamous acts became celebrated in the media.
Of course, the media will claim that they are not “celebrating” these incidents and that the public “has a right to know.”
This ,like everything else CNN and the AP puts out, is self-serving horse-puckey
If the media had any conscience at all, they would refuse to “cover” any more shootings.
Big bump. You hit that nail squarely on the head.
The shooting with the shotgun and revolver seems, with what has come out so far, to be pretty clearly media-driven.
It would s much like the Clinton church burnings - becoming a thing because there was so much attention given repeatedly.