Broadcasters reran a terrorism-teaching film despite documented real-world damage

Evidence

Modeling novel ways to blow up airliners was irresponsible, but so was the apparent indifference of the broadcast system. Broadcasters not only rejected requests by the airline industry to remove the program but included it in a package of programs for reruns. As passengers’ frightening experiences and financial costs to the airline industry increased, Rod Serling expressed regrets for writing the script: “I wish … I had written a stage coach drama starring John Wayne instead. I wish I’d never been born” (“Doomsday Flight: Serling,” 1971). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 740