I just heard that many networks have decided to stop showing it.
I also heard that the University is probably going to get sued? Just heard it briefly while flipping channels so, not sure the details on that.
Yeah a number of networks have realized the backlash (especially NBC, which had all of their interviews with Tech students and their families declined since they started airing the videos), and have decided to drastically reduce the amount of airtime they give it.
I do agree with Firecat though. It's news regardless, and if it hadn't been made available, it would have shown up on thesmokinggun, or some site similar to it, a couple of months later, and would have torn open the wounds from this tragedy, the wounds that by then would have just started to heal. Getting it all out of the way now, is probably better. It was tasteless however to make the nightly news last night (and the following hours on MSNBC, and every other news network) "The crazy murderer hour".
As for the university getting sued, that's not really a surprise. I'm sure every school shooting since the late 90s has had at least one lawsuit filed against someone, whom the litigious asshole thought was at fault for the tragedy. Some people only know litigation as a recourse for their sadness. They are likely suing because they think they know what decisions should have been made, and they've decided someone has to pay. It's a sad country we live in, when murderers get hours of broadcast time to gloat over killing 32 people and people sue a university because it was trying to protect their students by preventing (what seemed at the time was) needless chaos, while the victims of this tragedy are cast aside by the media.
Luckily, the victims aren't being cast aside by those who truly care about them. Us, Hokie Students, Hokie Faculty, Hokie Alumni, and the hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) of honorary Hokies, are still thinking and praying for those members of our Hokie Family who lost their loved ones on Monday. They will always be missed, but they will never be forgotten.