Wars, natural disasters and horrific crimes are recorded by passers-by.
Later members of the public say, 'It's disgusting that somebody filmed this.'
If events were not recorded often nobody would believe what happened. Nobody could identify either the victims or the attackers. I'm all for recording everything, road accidents, peaceful scenes, people walking down the high street. That's how many crimes have been solved and dangers removed.
(Yes, I'm a writer and photographer and that's my personality type. I'm also the person who phones the police if I see an accident without assuming somebody else must have done so.)
What are the arguments against recording? It gives attention to attention seekers.
Does it encourage copycat crime?
You could argue that seeing bad events upsets the readers/viewers or makes them bored and immune to gore. Is it too depressing? Or do we need to know the worst in order to protect ourselves?
Maybe we should we only publish good news stories about health and entertainment.
Why do people read the news? On the other hand we read to know the worst so that we can protect ourselves.
Later members of the public say, 'It's disgusting that somebody filmed this.'
If events were not recorded often nobody would believe what happened. Nobody could identify either the victims or the attackers. I'm all for recording everything, road accidents, peaceful scenes, people walking down the high street. That's how many crimes have been solved and dangers removed.
(Yes, I'm a writer and photographer and that's my personality type. I'm also the person who phones the police if I see an accident without assuming somebody else must have done so.)
What are the arguments against recording? It gives attention to attention seekers.
Does it encourage copycat crime?
You could argue that seeing bad events upsets the readers/viewers or makes them bored and immune to gore. Is it too depressing? Or do we need to know the worst in order to protect ourselves?
Maybe we should we only publish good news stories about health and entertainment.
Why do people read the news? On the other hand we read to know the worst so that we can protect ourselves.
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