A BBC photographer endangered a child to stage a photograph, admitted it in the caption, and nobody at the BBC seems to understand that in doing so he is committing what would be a crime under the laws of any real country (even if perfectly legal in Hezbollahland). How does anybody in the risible "profession" of journalism defend this behavior? What conceivable moral compass allows a news photographer to risk a child for a better picture? Where is the outrage?
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What conceivable moral compass allows a news photographer to risk a child for a better picture?
ReplyDeleteI don't even think Leni Riefenstahl would have done this.
Just saying...
"the risible "profession" of journalism"?
ReplyDeleteBad idea. Bad thing to do. But that doesn't make the entire journalistic profession risible. Kind of like a bunch of terrorists don't make all of Islam violent. Your brush is broad these days, Hawk. It's disturbing.
BBC pushing a child next to a bomb for a photo op? AP and NYTimes imbedding photographers with terrorists to record them in the act of killing US servicemen? Reuters utilizing Photoshop to exaggerate images of destruction?
ReplyDelete"Risible" is too kind a word to describe the followers of such a "profession," Screwie. Sick, demented, and evil would be more appropriate.
what should be a respectable profession
ReplyDeleteJournalism/reporter has never been considered "respectable" (by the public in general)...at least never in the USA.
Sirius has a point. It is regrettable indeed that "some number" of journalists are worthy of opprobrium,... which reminds me of the old joke about us lawyers: It's a shame that 95% of them have to give the entire profession a bad name.
ReplyDeleteI would be more willing to let the other supposedly respectable journalists of the hook if this story had become a big scandal in the industry. Greeting it with a yawn encourages iit to happen again.
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