{"id":4701,"date":"2022-01-10T22:17:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/?page_id=4156"},"modified":"2025-06-03T03:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T10:52:06","slug":"the-basketball-diaries-controversies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basketball Diaries: Controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Film and Book Blamed for Colorado Shootings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Carroll&#8217;s interview on NBC&#8217;s <em>Today<\/em> show (5\/6\/99):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_26236\"  width=\"1088\" height=\"816\"  data-origwidth=\"1088\" data-origheight=\"816\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fV8zfL5DGhk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/jim-carrolls-interviews\/politically-incorrect\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4221\">Carroll&#8217;s appearance on Politically Incorrect<\/a> (6\/8\/99) <em>Complete transcript<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/research\/feature-articles\/linking-of-basketball-diaries-columbine-shootings-upsets-author\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4220\">Linking of &#8216;Basketball Diaries,&#8217; Columbine Shootings Upsets Author<\/a> (5\/6\/99)<br>By Nick Carter, <em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/editorial-teen-violence-high-school-shootings-1999\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10067\">Jim Carroll Website Editorial<\/a> (May 1999)<br>by Cassie Carter, webmaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/columbine-whose-fault-is-it\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10092\">Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?<br><\/a><em>by Marilyn Manson<\/em> <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0(May 1999)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/violent-video-recalled-by-mgm\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10071\">Violent video recalled by MGM<\/a> (April 1999)<br>By Jamie Portman,<em> Calgary Herald<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/making-media-a-familiar-scapegoat\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10074\">Making Media a Familiar Scapegoat<\/a> (April 1999)<br>By Howard Rosenberg, <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/conventional-wisdom-on-littleton-falls-short\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10080\">Conventional Wisdom on Littleton Falls Short<\/a> (May 1999)<br>Howard Rosenberg, <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Film Blamed for Paducah Shootings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/film-may-have-fueled-kentucky-rampage\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10089\">Film  May Have Fueled Kentucky Rampage<\/a> (December 1997)<br>from Reuters Limited<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/parents-blame-shooting-on-hollywood\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"10086\">Parents Blame Shooting on Hollywood<\/a> (April 1999)<br>By James Prichard, Associated Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book Banned in Georgia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/book-ban-rare-victory-for-conservatives\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4219\">&#8220;Book Ban Rare Victory for Conservatives&#8221;<\/a> (6\/14\/98)<br>from <em>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/book-banning-vote-not-likely-until-august\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4350\">&#8220;Book-Banning Vote Not Likely Until August&#8221;<\/a> (7\/14\/98)<br>from <em>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film and Book Blamed for Colorado Shootings Carroll&#8217;s interview on NBC&#8217;s Today show (5\/6\/99): Carroll&#8217;s appearance on Politically Incorrect (6\/8\/99) Complete transcript Linking of &#8216;Basketball Diaries,&#8217; Columbine Shootings Upsets Author (5\/6\/99)By Nick Carter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jim Carroll Website Editorial (May 1999)by Cassie Carter, webmaster Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?by Marilyn Manson Rolling Stone\u00a0(May 1999) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/behind-the-basketball-diaries\/the-basketball-diaries-controversies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Basketball Diaries: Controversies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[20],"class_list":["post-4701","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-1dP","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4017,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/limited-editions-broadsides\/valentine-broadside\/","url_meta":{"origin":4701,"position":0},"title":"Valentine (1996)","author":"catholicboy.com","date":"January 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/","url_meta":{"origin":4701,"position":1},"title":"Background &#038; 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