I have enjoyed Dilbert over the years, but this is very cynical behaviour. Just seems like cashing it. At least news companies are conveying information about events. The movement to discredit them has been growing in recent years to levels previously seen in dictatorships. A free press is vital to democracy and dissenting voices have to be allowed.
The number of shootings in the US is tragic. I think it's about one a day on average with multiple casualties. The UK has issues too, but I don't know anyone who has even been shot at.
we have a major mental health crisis, but that is a rare topic that most people don't talk about. That combined with how easy it is to get your hands on guns here is a deadly mix.
We have one too, but it's much harder to get a gun here. Mind you, someone attacker the local medical centre with a baseball bat recently. Luckily nobody was hurt. That is not the action of a sane person.