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location: Landscape Challenged Illinois
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registered: 2002.08.26
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Here is something I've observed that I hope will be discussed, but doubt it will be. First, it is not that I think all of this carnage should always be shown (the troubling aspect of not showing available imagery is sometimes, people need to understand this depravity exists and the only way to get them to really appreciate it is to rub their noses right in it). With that, with the coverage I've seen, I've noticed the over whelming mainstream media outlets have seemed to have been careful in what they have shown, while in the past, they have not exercised the same amount of restraint when it comes to those outside of the media family. Yes, the video of this incident will be available to anyone that wants to see it with very little Internet searching, but if this had been a factory worker, an office worker, a police officer, or almost any one else in America, this video would be on constant loop. Again, I'm not suggesting all this should be endlessly shown, but the media needs to see the hypocrisy in their reporting and use that when making decisions on what to broadcast and what not to broadcast.
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Here is something I've observed that I hope will be discussed, but doubt it will be. First, it is not that I think all of this carnage should always be shown (the troubling aspect of not showing available imagery is sometimes, people need to understand this depravity exists and the only way to get them to really appreciate it is to rub their noses right in it). With that, with the coverage I've seen, I've noticed the over whelming mainstream media outlets have seemed to have been careful in what they have shown, while in the past, they have not exercised the same amount of restraint when it comes to those outside of the media family. Yes, the video of this incident will be available to anyone that wants to see it with very little Internet searching, but if this had been a factory worker, an office worker, a police officer, or almost any one else in America, this video would be on constant loop. Again, I'm not suggesting all this should be endlessly shown, but the media needs to see the hypocrisy in their reporting and use that when making decisions on what to broadcast and what not to broadcast.
