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Parents of Aurora theater shooting victim say White House school safety panel erred

The parents of a man killed in the 2012 Aurora theater mass shooting say the White House’s new school safety recommendations include a “significant inaccuracy” about a campaign they founded.

A federal report released this week urged media outlets not to use shooters’ names in coverage of school shootings. It said the idea came from a campaign called “No Notoriety.”

But the campaign’s founders, Tom and Caren Teves, said Friday they were not consulted for the report and never tell media to omit shooters’ names entirely.

Instead the campaign asks for the shooter’s name to be used only once. The couple started the campaign after their son was killed in a theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado.

The couple asked for a correction.

An Education  Department spokeswoman said the report “encourages media outlets to adopt the principles” of the campaign.

People gather outside the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora at the scene of a mass shooting July 20, 2012.
Associated Press file
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