Were NBC right to show 'that material'?
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NBC right or wrong?
Of course NBC should have shown the material. It's very much in the public interest to see and hear this maniac in his own disturbed words.
I think the issue about NBC broadcasting this material is nothing more than sour grapes at the hands of CNN, ABC and BBC. Those networks are jealous that he chose to send that parcel of videos and pictures to NBC and not them. They would have broadcast the material just like NBC did.
I think the issue about NBC broadcasting this material is nothing more than sour grapes at the hands of CNN, ABC and BBC. Those networks are jealous that he chose to send that parcel of videos and pictures to NBC and not them. They would have broadcast the material just like NBC did.
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What's "in the public interest" about it? It proves the guy was completely nuts. But then we already knew that, as the sane among us (and in fairness even the mostly insane) don't go about shooting innocent people dead.
I don't have a problem in NBC reporting that they have received the stuff, or even showing some of the stills (excluding the one where he points a gun at the camera) but the amount of material that has been shown can only cause the families of his victims further grief and upset.
It gives the gunman what he wanted - can that be justified?
I don't have a problem in NBC reporting that they have received the stuff, or even showing some of the stills (excluding the one where he points a gun at the camera) but the amount of material that has been shown can only cause the families of his victims further grief and upset.
It gives the gunman what he wanted - can that be justified?
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I'm with you Marksi. This guy presumably had fantasies about these images being shown and he's got his wish.
What possible good can come of that? Other insane potential killers can see they will live on in images and downloaded video in perpetuity.
It wouldn't surprise me if we see more of the same in future.
All this "public right to know" stuff is bogus.
What possible good can come of that? Other insane potential killers can see they will live on in images and downloaded video in perpetuity.
It wouldn't surprise me if we see more of the same in future.
All this "public right to know" stuff is bogus.
Its ridiculous - this is what he wanted. He wouldn't have sent it if he didn't. And that's where the fault is; he wants to be known years down the line as one of the biggest mass murderers there's ever been, and showing that supports the cause.
The other issue is when it was shown. A few days after the event? Those poor families. It must make them feel even worse.
The other issue is when it was shown. A few days after the event? Those poor families. It must make them feel even worse.
The images were important in demonstrating the state of mind that can develop and the ease at which the terrible consequences can be put into effect - but now was not a time to show it. It abided by the killer's final wishes and merely completed his quest - something NBC should now be charged with as being an "accomplaice after the fact" (if such a charge exists in the US).
It should've been kept back for the trial and perhaps shown after that process was over (many years in the US).
It should've been kept back for the trial and perhaps shown after that process was over (many years in the US).
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Bin Laden is not a killer in the term "first degree" if we have to get technical. He does not commit the crimes of murder himself.Hymagumba wrote:How many people complain about Al Jazeera showing bin laden tapes or when the BBC interviewed the taleban?
NBC showed the rhetoric of a deranged individual, after they had killed 30+ people.
I think the discussion is whether that was right or wrong, at this moment, and given the personal nature of the crime.
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I think he means the TV Forumcdd wrote:What do you mean by that?DVB Cornwall wrote:Conducting a similar poll next door would be difficult to police.
As for whether or not it should have been shown, it should have but not for a month or so, it's just too soon.
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Harry Hill : "What is it about people that repair shoes that makes them so good at cutting keys? Try going in there with a shoe shaped like a key and see how confused they get."
Harry Hill : "What is it about people that repair shoes that makes them so good at cutting keys? Try going in there with a shoe shaped like a key and see how confused they get."
Yes, I inferred that, what I don't understand is why it "would be difficult to police". For one thing, why does it need "policing"!?Johnny wrote:I think he means the TV Forumcdd wrote:What do you mean by that?DVB Cornwall wrote:Conducting a similar poll next door would be difficult to police.