I am pretty sure I am old now. I just sent a complaint email to one of our local news stations.
They were covering a story about a family rocked by a tragedy this morning. During the coverage they included a couple of really tacky and distasteful bits of video coverage from the scene of drowning of a dad who jumped into the river to pull out his kids who had fallen in the water.
First came the shot of the EMS workers frantically working on a man who would soon be declared dead. I really doubt if any family want that last, tragic moment broadcast for the world? Then the real kicker. they showed a short clip of the kids, not more than 5 or 6 years old, standing off to the side of the chaos and crying their eyes out. It was tasteless.
I sent a short email and got a polite response pretty quickly. That is good, I guess. But still... I know this was real life and the sad occurrence is news worthy. But grow some class when you are picking the video to air, 'kay?
2 comments:
Don't even get me started with "the media"... I don't even watch the news anymore...
Names like "vultures", "buzzards" and "ambulance chasers" are handed out for a reason.
Shame on them for showing those kids on TV... No excuse.
Oh, yeah... I forgot to add...
Good job alerting them to this!
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