Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Was it necessary?

A local daily reports on a person who shot himself yesterday and fell from his perch three stories up. Some police officers say that the shooting seemed like it was accidental. The on-line edition (did not see the printed version yet) shows two vidcaps of the actual shooting. Was that really necessary? It's bad enough the person died. To show the vidcaps was not warranted, I believe. Remember how NBC got flak for showing the VT shooter videos -- and they were not even showing the actual shootings but just his rants and poses? Remember also how CNN got flak for showing the AQ-provided video of live sniper shootings of American soldiers in Iraq?

Sorry I won't link to local daily's page. Up to you to find it.

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