Sunday, July 24, 2011

Media Irresponsibility

Just watching ITN's News At Ten. Reporting the Oslo massacre the reporter says "These are the pictures Anders Brievik wanted the world to see" as they show glamourous looking photos of him posing with guns.

If he wanted the world to see them then showing them is doing his work for him.

It is utterly irresponsible.

Terrorist attacks really do bring out the worst in TV news, especially 24 hour rolling news channels.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You are taking the word of a TV journalist as to what 'he wants'
-?responsible

Ross said...

It seems a reasonable assumption if the photos were part of the 1500 page manifesto he left.

James Higham said...

Agreed - the media is excruciating in its prurience over tragedy.

Edmund Standing said...

'If he wanted the world to see them then showing them is doing his work for him'.

Don't they always? Look at how the media give Anjem Choudary a free national platform on a regular basis to spout his views.