2007-04-19 13:43:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
No this is exactly what he wanted.
2007-04-19 14:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by Mrs. Fuzzy Bottoms 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes, because THIS is news. When interviewed after after senseless murder of loved ones, the friends and families ALWAYS ask the same question. "WHY did this bastard do this?" Part of healing process is digesting painfull knowledge. The media is not the cause of these poor folks grief, CHO is. What also has to be understood is that this is the whole country's tragedy, not just Virginia's, Blacksburg's, OR VT's. How else will we move forward and learn from tragedy, if the public's right to know is ignored?
2007-04-19 21:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO, absolutely not. It hasn't even been a week yet, and the media lets Cho "speak"! Why not let the police handle the tapes, NBC? Show some discretion....take a collective moment and decide what's newsworthy, or what might actually be just plain torture to people who already were victimized
2007-04-19 20:55:56 · answer #3 · answered by ledzepangie 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes they should have showed the tape, in the proper contents.
They should have used the tape to fill in the blanks of the whole story. With an outline of who he was, and what he became, and ?WHY?.
The tape used as it is, is for ratings and a time filler for the 24/7 news shows.
2007-04-19 20:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by tom 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you kidding me? They have shown the planes bombing the hell out of Iraq, they have shown Saddam's hanging, the Katrina dead bodies floating tin the water, the looting, Anna Nicole's funeral, and everyone were glued to the TV. Now we getting all moralistic? PLEASEEEEEEEEEE! What a bunch of Hypocrites.
2007-04-19 21:24:09 · answer #5 · answered by cabron o 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely yes but only after a week or two when the victims families had come to terms with their grief, I accept that it might take longer than that to get over such a traumatic experience but at least it would have given them some time to prepare
2007-04-20 04:43:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No is the short answer, no again is the long answer. The media does not know what is best for the public -- they have to re-write their codes and standards of ethics. The country is reeling for an emotional crisis --an unexpected huge event and someone puts salt to the wound. Incomprehensible but business $$$ overrides all. Hope it helps and I know it will not heal.
2007-04-19 21:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by s t 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. It's disgusting how much media attention the tape has gotten. Right now, we should be paying attention to stories about the lives of those lost, not the violent ramblings of a mentally ill killer.
2007-04-19 21:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Of course not. But Cho obviously wasn't stupid. He sent the tapes to the most liberal network in America.
If there are copycat crimes, NBC should be held criminally responsible.
2007-04-19 20:57:50 · answer #9 · answered by charbatch 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. The reason for this is because it would only hurt the memories of the victims even more, and may even fan the flames of racial discrimination which should be avoided in this day and age.
2007-04-19 20:56:08 · answer #10 · answered by edching908 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO, that's full-filling his wishes. Now he'll be glorified by anyone that identifies with his ranting and feelings; or fantasizes about going out in a blaze of so called justice for the 'tormented'. Why show people how the process works, so they can out do him?
2007-04-19 21:04:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋