Photo of dying marine: was it right for AP to publish?
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From: Kulvinder Singh Matharu on 7 Sep 2009 15:49 Came across this article about AP publishing a photo of a dying US marine and the controversy surrounding it. There hasn't been much news here in the UK about it but I expect that it's big news in the US. <http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/53173,news,photograph-of-dying-marine-joshua-bernard-was-it-right-for-the-associated-press-to-publish> I'm all up for showing how things are and the press have done so on may occasions, but at the same time the family must be very upset. So I'm in two minds about this. Storm in a tea cup? Or genuine concern on showing dead or dying NATO/ISAF soldiers? -- Kulvinder Singh Matharu Website : www.metalvortex.com Contact : www.metalvortex.com/contact/ "Brain" and "brain"! What is "brain"?!
From: RichA on 7 Sep 2009 18:05 Kulvinder Singh Matharu wrote: > Came across this article about AP publishing a photo of a dying US > marine and the controversy surrounding it. There hasn't been much > news here in the UK about it but I expect that it's big news in the > US. > > There was no news value in it, the media outlets, threatened by falling usage and viewers are desperate and will do anything to drum up an audience.
From: Doug McDonald on 7 Sep 2009 20:01 RichA wrote: > > Kulvinder Singh Matharu wrote: >> Came across this article about AP publishing a photo of a dying US >> marine and the controversy surrounding it. There hasn't been much >> news here in the UK about it but I expect that it's big news in the >> US. >> >> > > There was no news value in it, the media outlets, threatened by > falling usage and viewers are desperate and will do anything to drum > up an audience. The picture itself is no news. The scum left-wing media use these to try to make people feel sick and therefore want to lose a war. Its standard stuff and long since the whole affair is well known. What is interesting is that AP would do it in the face of dierct opposition of the family. It would not be to difficult to wait for someone whose family does not care. Doug McDonald
From: stephe_k on 7 Sep 2009 20:03 Kulvinder Singh Matharu wrote: > Came across this article about AP publishing a photo of a dying US > marine and the controversy surrounding it. There hasn't been much > news here in the UK about it but I expect that it's big news in the > US. > > <http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/53173,news,photograph-of-dying-marine-joshua-bernard-was-it-right-for-the-associated-press-to-publish> > > I'm all up for showing how things are and the press have done so on > may occasions, but at the same time the family must be very upset. So > I'm in two minds about this. Storm in a tea cup? Or genuine concern > on showing dead or dying NATO/ISAF soldiers? I feel images like this might make just some of the "pro war" people realize that yes fighting wars does cost lives. Shots of soldiers lined up in a parade might be more pleasant but isn't reality. Stephanie
From: Doug McDonald on 7 Sep 2009 20:10
DG wrote: > Kulvinder Singh Matharu wrote: >> Came across this article about AP publishing a photo of a dying US >> marine and the controversy surrounding it. There hasn't been much >> news here in the UK about it but I expect that it's big news in the >> US. >> >> <http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/53173,news,photograph-of-dying-marine-joshua-bernard-was-it-right-for-the-associated-press-to-publish> >> >> I'm all up for showing how things are and the press have done so on >> may occasions, but at the same time the family must be very upset. So >> I'm in two minds about this. Storm in a tea cup? Or genuine concern >> on showing dead or dying NATO/ISAF soldiers? > > > What's a photographer supposed to do? Quit shooting in a war zone > because someone might die? > > If people are upset about the photo then they should blame the > politicians for the war, not the photographer for the image. > NO! They should blame the scum people who print it against the family's wishes, and the people who started the war: al Qaeda and the Taliban. There is nothing wrong with the photographer taking it ... if the family had agreed, publishing it would have been OK. Doug McDonald |