Re: Graphic video

["Joseph Pappalardo" <joepappalardo2001@yahoo.com>]

After thinking about this for a day...I agree with Jeremy's comments...

While we had a lot of people whose preference was not to see such
pictures...I don't think it is so cut and dry.

The pictures DO tell a story....the DO show the grave situation of these
victims....and do convey something that probably could not be conveyed with
simple words...printed or spoken.  I think forbidding such pictures and
calling it 'restraint' would be a diservice.

Now, we could debate the appropriate venue for such pictures...

If we woulda had such restraint...would we have had the pictures of the
Hindenburg disaster?

And what about that famous picture of the Vietnamese general executing the
'spy'.   Should we not have shown that?

With 'restraint' these pictures would not have been shown.
(And I don't think the person decided to put these pictures on magazine
covers and front pages were 'morbid'.)



JP



> > On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Garrett Wollman wrote:

> > > That's their job.  News people in all forms of media have the
> > > responsibility of editorial judgment.  From what I've seen and heard,
> >
> > Right...I don't see how showing pictures of people jumping out windows
> > helps anything (except a slight uptick in the ratings generated by some
> > very very morbid people who tune in to watch this sort of stuff).
>
> With all due respect Sven, I disagree strongly....these pictures are NOT
> for everyone, howver it is scenes like this that really showe the panic of
> the unfortunate victims who would ahve rather jumped out and left the
> world that way rather then inhaling smoke and dying a slow horrible
> death.....
>


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