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  1. chancemcc chancemcc is offline

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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 7:48pm)

    ok woke up and read the local online paper. they had this image of a young man, who is the victims son, and another man being restrained by cops after trying to get closer to the crash scene in which the young mans father is burnt still in the truck. i was prestty shocked to see it on the website/ is this wrong by the paper?
     
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 7:59pm) in reply to chancemcc

    I don't get it...why would this be against journalistic ethics?
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 8:01pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    From Wikipedia

    Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story.

    I have no problem with the pic.
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 8:05pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

     
    Originally Posted by Lord Supremo View Post

    I don't get it...why would this be against journalistic ethics?

    wll maybe giving the family some privacy while their grieving instead of plastering this photo online for everyone to see. if this is acceptable then thats pretty sick
     
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 8:06pm) in reply to chancemcc

    I was a journalism major and took a mandatory journalism ethics class.

    I think this photo raises some ethical concerns, but there are probably hundreds of more questionable photos published every year.
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 8:10pm) in reply to Purple Jesus

    I don't know journalism ethics by any means, but I don't see anything wrong with the photo. A photographer wants to capture create emotion and I doubt there's a better shot he could get to show it.
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 8:13pm) in reply to DBo Fo Sho

     
    Originally Posted by DBo Fo Sho View Post

    A photographer wants to capture create emotion and I doubt there's a better shot he could get to show it.

    Precisely. Grieving family members are photographed all the time in stories involving a tragedy of some sort, very standard.
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 9:27pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    seems okay to me. prob had 3 choices: that pic, pic of the burning vehicle, or no pic. and that's a pretty strong photo, so i think they made the right choice.
     
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 9:37pm) in reply to smcrawford2

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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 10:25pm) in reply to chancemcc

    journalism ethics? oxymoran imo
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 10:45pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    Very little ethics when it comes to selling papers. Though i dont see the example in OP as an ethics situation. I thinks its a very raw emotional pic that i sont like to see. Sad
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 10:51pm) in reply to TheWhitePele

    He's not shaken up enough to drop his cigarette tho.
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    Oct 2nd, 2011 (10/2/2011 10:53pm) in reply to d1am0ndc

     
    Originally Posted by d1am0ndc View Post

    He's not shaken up enough to drop his cigarette tho.

    lol noticed that too
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