sarah_webinc:
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the people that order them to take those shots have no morals.
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I think ya hit that on the head! :-)
The movitation of news editors (and above) is clearly to pander to the masses and get some "drama" on to the screen and get the viewing figures up.
As for the crews, yea, there are assholes as camermen as well and also "on the ground" producers who ain't got no judgement.
At same time I got little doubt many of these people are in "hype" and "panic-mode" and it may be hard to make judgements and "refine" the images when hell is all round.
It is the responsibility of the studio people to edit, as needed, before sending footage to screens - they know exactly what they are doing :-)
CNN seems to be the main problem in this area - it was not long ago they were clearly transmitting live footage, without going thru any "prudent" pre-transmission editing and showing limbs on the ground after a bombing. (They edited this out on re-runs).
On the other hand - that's what happens in a "war", - folks get blown to bits, but I can't agree with what appears to be indiscriminate footage being thrust on TV screens where families with children can be watching etc.. We might as well be showing hardcore porn to family audiences, least that is often less obscene!