Many would be mass shooters have been stopped, many of those shootings have been prevented.

And the phenomenon of these mass killings is widely misunderstood.

Those are a couple of the conclusions of a fascinating new book about this uniquely

American problem.

So what does the media get wrong when covering mass shootings?

What can we learn from the experts who are creating behavioral profiles and trying

to stop the next shooting spree?

Those are a couple of the questions.

For this week's reliable podcast, let's cue the music.

I'm Brian Salter and this weekly podcast is our chance to go more in depth, talking

with media leaders and newsmakers about the story behind the story.

And this week, my guest is Mark Fulman.

He's the national affairs editor for Mother Jones, a longtime journalist who has been interested

for a long while in this topic, mass shootings in America.

The impact of gun violence on American society.

He is out with a brand new book this week titled Trigger Points and the subtitle says

it all.

It's inside the mission to stop mass shootings in America.

He has a lot to say about the media's coverage of these tragedies, myths that have lingered

in some cases for decades.

And what we all need to know about the gun violence epidemic.

So let's get right to him.

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