i am reading an English newspaper on line, it has life updates of court cases, one is of an athelete that shot is wife dead.
My question is do you think it responsible jounalisam or making a circus out of a tragic event?
The daily News..
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new hope and happiness
sorry as i re- read it was his girlfriend...so my point is i reported this case wrong. Do i have the right to this sensitive information being updated live.
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prologos
LIKE, The juicier the gossip at the hall, the more it will be dug into, and
if people would not listen, look, read, the media would not dwell on it. think of the endless plane platter on CNN,-- while the East European map is changing .
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zebagain
There is a case of sex with minors just ended in Australia where, two witnesses now adults were proven to have lied. One of them was proven to have fabricated her story and when challenged said 'so what' (or words to that effect). There was no court action against her..!!!!!
The defence lawyer criticised that the two women were to be or had been paid by 'womens' magazines for their stories. He said the defendant had no chance of a fair trial with the media coverage.
Prologos is correct the more vile the gossip to more it sells.
The lawyer slammed the media in the reporting of this story for entertainment not news. I can only wonder how much the jury listened to what was in front of them.
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new hope and happiness
Thanks Zeb and Prolog, because your correct, as i realize i am judging these cases by the media.
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new hope and happiness
updating...people are forming " guilt" or " innocent" opinions before the prosection has deliverd its message.
I think this is so wrong....its like reality T.V....but isnt it just cheap entertainment?
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new hope and happiness
Ok ...trial by media is more open than a judical disfellowshipping ....but arnt both as injust as each other?