Re: Graphic video

["Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>
To: "Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>;
<boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: Graphic video


> In other words they decided what we should and shouldn't see...
>
> And that's a good thing, right?

They used editorial judgment, which journalists do every day.  They probably
decided that showing the video was not necessary to improve viewers
understanding of the tragedy.  They probably also considered the effect the
video would have on viewers and the families of the victims.

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine