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It's definitely their decision but here is my thought: A news story just broke in which people were killed because of certain images. Is it not good journalism

by jtchang 12y ago

It's definitely their decision but here is my thought: A news story just broke in which people were killed because of certain images. Is it not good journalism to show the images that caused the attack?

runn1ng 12y ago
It's the same as with not showing photos from ISIS with the heads being cut off. Or not showing naked leaked photos of Jennifer Lawrence.
- runn1ng 12y ago
  And while I am at it Copyright is directly against "absolute freedom of speech" I can't go and print the latest Game of Thrones book and claim "freedom of speech". We do have actual laws that prevent us to print something.
jlarocco 12y ago
No, I don't think it would be "good journalism," it'd be "sensationalist journalism." Nobody gets upset when they replace the word "nigger" with the phrase "the 'N' word", so why get upset over this?
- jtchang 12y ago
  I think it is the situation: "He was shot because he called him the N word" vs "He was shot because he published these images". I understand the former pretty easily but the latter I'd want to know what the images contained (especially from a news organization).
  - sthrs 12y ago
    You can describe what the images contained without showing them...
    - jtchang 12y ago
      Yes but the images are really relevant to this news story and I think showing them is probably the best way to convey the content. I don't agree with the images (and I think they are in bad taste) but I'd expect a news organization to report it impartially.
  - runn1ng 12y ago
    As I said before Do you think they should show Jennifer Lawrence leaked photos just because it's part of the news story about iCloud breach? I don't think so.
    - jtchang 12y ago
      That's different. The leaked photos aren't central to the story. It's like a piece of art causing a huge amount of controversy. The media outlets certainly don't condone the images but I think it is critical to the story.
  - jlarocco 12y ago
    Every news site explains they were images ridiculing Muhammad. If that's not enough, you can Google "Charlie Hebdo Muhammad". They don't publish sample pictures alongside stories of child porn arrests, either. They self censor things like this all the time.

by jtchang 12y ago

runn1ng 12y ago

It's the same as with not showing photos from ISIS with the heads being cut off. Or not showing naked leaked photos of Jennifer Lawrence.

runn1ng 12y ago
And while I am at it Copyright is directly against "absolute freedom of speech" I can't go and print the latest Game of Thrones book and claim "freedom of speech". We do have actual laws that prevent us to print something.

jlarocco 12y ago

No, I don't think it would be "good journalism," it'd be "sensationalist journalism." Nobody gets upset when they replace the word "nigger" with the phrase "the 'N' word", so why get upset over this?

jtchang 12y ago
I think it is the situation: "He was shot because he called him the N word" vs "He was shot because he published these images". I understand the former pretty easily but the latter I'd want to know what the images contained (especially from a news organization).
- sthrs 12y ago
  You can describe what the images contained without showing them...
  - jtchang 12y ago
    Yes but the images are really relevant to this news story and I think showing them is probably the best way to convey the content. I don't agree with the images (and I think they are in bad taste) but I'd expect a news organization to report it impartially.
- runn1ng 12y ago
  As I said before Do you think they should show Jennifer Lawrence leaked photos just because it's part of the news story about iCloud breach? I don't think so.
  - jtchang 12y ago
    That's different. The leaked photos aren't central to the story. It's like a piece of art causing a huge amount of controversy. The media outlets certainly don't condone the images but I think it is critical to the story.
- jlarocco 12y ago
  Every news site explains they were images ridiculing Muhammad. If that's not enough, you can Google "Charlie Hebdo Muhammad". They don't publish sample pictures alongside stories of child porn arrests, either. They self censor things like this all the time.