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Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« on: February 01, 2014, 20:32:12 PM »
This is something that always bothers me.

Last Thursday evening a 19 year old lad was tragically killed near us when his Corsa went under the trailer of a lorry.

Today on the front page of the local newspaper there was a photograph of the car with five members of the emergency services surrounding it. I can only hope that the poor lad had already been removed before the photo was taken. Nonetheless it was a horrific photo.

It is not the first picture of a mangled car in which people have died that has been "splashed" over the front page. It must be horrendous for family and friends to see that.

Do you agree that it should not have been published.

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2014, 20:39:24 PM »
Needless voyeurism, are we meant to be hoping to see bits of mangled bodies, I agree its completely out of order and could do with some regulating.  Talk about the freedom of the press!!

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2014, 20:40:55 PM »
Mixed feelings on this, it's upsetting for the family, but, on the other hand, there are so many teenagers involved in fatal accidents, (I am not saying it was his fault on this occasion), this could be a wake up call for some of them, to take things easy, maybe, photographs like this could save further young lives.

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2014, 20:41:26 PM »
No John, I don't agree. Newspapers and the www are very visual these days and a picture of a mangled car doesn't upset me but may help to illustrate to others the folly of speeding or drinking and driving.

However, I do get concerned at the apparent race to publish "the first picture" of the victim of a murder or road accident.

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2014, 20:53:47 PM »
I wonder if publishing the picture might serve to prevent even one person doing the same - if it does then perhaps it is worth it. If you worry about this sort of thing in the UK John, you wouldn't believe how it is in Turkey. Absolutely shocking what is published and transmitted.

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2014, 21:08:18 PM »
I seem to remember that a few years ago the government showed graphic pictures of crash victims on posters all over the place. I think it was designed to make people think about not drink driving or speeding.

I don't remember reading or hearing about objections to that, so why are these images it so objectionable now, leaving out the newspaper voyeurism aspect??

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2014, 21:22:51 PM »
Another aspect which troubled me was "who took the photo and gave it to the paper".

The subject matter would suggest that it was taken fairly shortly after the crash.

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2014, 21:30:25 PM »
Friends of ours in Calis had a neighbour (British) who's quite elderly father had come to stay for a holiday. Sadly he slipped on the marble floor during the night and hit his head on it, and died. They were advised not to move him until the police had attended. With the police standing over the father, a man was videoing him lying there on the floor. They assumed it was something to do with a postmortem or something.

Till it was shown on the Turkish TV news.

We have a long way to go to reach that level of voyeurism...

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2014, 21:40:52 PM »
Good grief - that's appalling.

Another example of there maybe things wrong with the UK but......

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Re: Pictures on the front page of newspapers
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2014, 21:42:07 PM »
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