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Correct me if I'm wrong (I know you all will), but I didn't see any coverage of the accident during the opening ceremonies. I did see it on the news, but they issued a disclaimer that it could be upsetting.
I remember with both JonBenet Ramsey and Columbine, both of which occurred here in Colorado (JonBenet in my back yard), the coverage upset my kids so much we just turned off the TV. That option is always available. A news program should be presumed to be for adults.
I 100% agree with you. This footage was totally unnecessary and only created sensationalism with the athlete's death. Not only were impressionable children watching but what about this athlete's family and loved ones? This is one reason why I don't watch the news on TV because there is no respect for the viewers at all.
lmao!!!! Must be difficult when you expect reality to be completely sugarcoated for you.
No respect for viewers when it comes to the news? La la land for you FOR SURE!!!!!
I posted this topic on the politics and other controversies forum, because I feel like this topic might be one that gains some traction within the coming weeks. As you all probably know by now, there was a tragic accident yesterday at the Winter Olympics when a 21 year old luge competitor named Nodar Kumaritashvili died while training for the upcoming Luger Events held during the Winter Olympics. He died yesterday morning, and by evening the news had reported death. Now here is where the controversy happens with this story. Multiple news outlets first started showing still images of the young competitor's final moments including when he hit a pole at 93 mph causing his death. Then on the nightly news shows last night many media outlets started showing the actual footage of the competitor's death. During the opening ceremonies last night, NBC showed the footage numerous times, including slowing them down in slow motion to when the young olympian hit the pole with devastating impact. NBC did this without really warning viewers who might not have seen the death, or even heard about the death.
My question to you guys is, has the media now gone too far? My family and I were watching the opening ceremonies, and I feel like this was completely unnecessary. There were children watching the opening ceremonies last night, and I feel like children should be at least considered before showing something as devastating and brutal, especially if it concerns someone's death.
Howard Beale: No, no. I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air, right in the middle of the 7 o'clock news.
Max Schumacher: You'll get a hell of a rating, I'll guarantee you that. 50 share easy.
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Max Schumacher: We could make a series of it. "Suicide of the Week." Aw, hell, why limit ourselves? "Execution of the Week."
Howard Beale: "Terrorist of the Week."
Max Schumacher: I love it. Suicides, assassinations, mad bombers, Mafia hitmen, automobile smash-ups: "The Death Hour." A great Sunday night show for the whole family. It'd wipe that f*in' Disney right off the air.
Why does everyone want censorship so that they won't feel bad?
Its not that content was shown, it was the manner in which it was shown.
I have no problem with showing everything reality already offers, but is it that hard to say during a news broadcast, "The following video has graphic imagery which may not be suitable for all viewers"?
I mean I wouldn't want Bob's XXX books and porn O rama being advertised during a commercial break on Sesame Street because some marketing agent suggested it is the most watched program among pedophiles who frequent Bob's porn O rama.
There is a time and place for everything and there is a context in which we place such things.
Its not that content was shown, it was the manner in which it was shown.
I have no problem with showing everything reality already offers, but is it that hard to say during a news broadcast, "The following video has graphic imagery which may not be suitable for all viewers"?
I was watching the NBC nightly news that night, and that's exactly what they said. There was some coverage before the opening ceremonies that did not make that disclaimer, but they were talking about an accident resulting in death. It doesn't leave too much to the imagination to figure out it wouldn't be too pretty.
I watched the death of Neda, the female who was shot in Iran, and it really changed my view on these types of videos. I understand that this is reality, but I don't believe that I have the right to be a witness to such a private and final moment in the life of a person I did not know. Maybe it's because I'm a pretty private person myself, but I would not want a random stranger viewing my last moments, and for that reason, I'm extremely uncomfortable doing the same.
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Correct me if I'm wrong (I know you all will), but I didn't see any coverage of the accident during the opening ceremonies. I did see it on the news, but they issued a disclaimer that it could be upsetting.
I remember with both JonBenet Ramsey and Columbine, both of which occurred here in Colorado (JonBenet in my back yard), the coverage upset my kids so much we just turned off the TV. That option is always available. A news program should be presumed to be for adults.
Which is what I'm doing. I just don't understand why the media has to sensationalize the misery of others and why so many viewers are enabling the media by watching this stuff. No wonder why we have so many calloused killers running amok in our society, they have been desensitized to the suffering of others through our media news and through the excessive violence that is portrayed in the movies.
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I watched the death of Neda, the female who was shot in Iran, and it really changed my view on these types of videos. I understand that this is reality, but I don't believe that I have the right to be a witness to such a private and final moment in the life of a person I did not know. Maybe it's because I'm a pretty private person myself, but I would not want a random stranger viewing my last moments, and for that reason, I'm extremely uncomfortable doing the same.
I totally agree. This footaged was disrespectful to the deceased and his loved ones.
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It's not a media obsession, it's a human nature obsession. These are privately run companies motivated by money, like any other. You think they would force this stuff down our throats if it wasn't palatable to the masses?
We love violence. We love horror. We adore terror.
Vicariously.
Speak for yourself ... Not all of us are into violence and gore.
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