Thursday, August 27, 2015

Another Day, Another Shooting



By Jeff Simpson


While the shooting of the reporter and her cameraman was horrific, I found how the station covered it to be very interesting....
"We are choosing not to run the video of that (the shooting) right now because, frankly, we don't need to see it again. And our staff doesn't need to see it again," Jeffrey Marks, WDBJ's president and general manager, said on air soon afterward. "But we will do full reporting on it later. Our teams are working on it right now, through the tears."

 Personally, I watched the original video once, before we knew what was happening.   I almost watched the "selfie" video, but then decided I did not have any interest in watching two people die.  

I think it is interesting however, because I wonder if this was two people vacationing from Wisconsin, who they did not know, how many times would they have run with all of the videos?


I hope that this causes news outlets around the country to think about that.

I agree they didn't need to see it again....quite frankly when something bad happens to any of us, we don't need to see the gory details, over and over and over again. You can report a story without the blood.

I doubt however that anything will change.

One last piece, there were warning signs.....how did he get possession of a gun?


2 comments:

  1. Ya think if these two people had been armed, like rifle in one hand and microphone or camera in the other, that they still wouldn't be dead ? Milwaukee County Sheriff Clarke likes to think guns can solve everything.

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  2. Ya think if these two people had been armed, like rifle in one hand and microphone or camera in the other, that they still wouldn't be dead ? Milwaukee County Sheriff Clarke likes to think guns can solve everything.

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