C'da, In India this journalistic discretion is absolutely different. Maybe Indian news media is going thru a phase, and such standards be damned.
Some examples: The Beltola incident - many newspapers & TV were not ashamed to show a naked woman running around. In the tiger attack in the Guwahati Zoo, last month, it seems a number of TV channels showed live footage. There was only one newspaper (The Hindu) which said 'after a discussion with the editors', it was decided to publish only a black & white photo, not color'. And now this gory & sickening photo of the unfortunate rhino. But in this case, maybe, just maybe, it will wake up the Govt, and others who seem hell-bent to capture the limelight at the first opportunity. --Ram On 1/21/08, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have never seen a newspaper with a modicum of journalistic > discretion publish something like this horrific picture on their > front page. > > > > >Oh my Country!!! > > *** Indeed! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 6:02 PM +0530 1/21/08, mc mahant wrote: > >Manoj, > >When I opened the Tribune in the morning- I thought-the beast/s who > >did that needed to be castrated. Later on --more rational thoughts > >came. To teach every citizen/human how vivisection needs to be > >practised onto ones near and dear ones first. > >And more thoughts ---- > >I never opened the paper again . > >Oh my Country!!! > >Oh for the Indian Rupee! > >M'da> Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:58:22 +0530> From: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: assam@assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] symbol > >of cruelty> > http://www.assamtribune.com/jan2108/Photo.html> > > >heart cries out to this wounded rhino at kaziranga national park.> > > >-manoj> _______________________________________________> assam > >mailing list> assam@assamnet.org> > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Tried the new MSN Messenger? It's cool! Download now. > >http://messenger.msn.com/Download/Default.aspx?mkt=en-in > >_______________________________________________ > >assam mailing list > >assam@assamnet.org > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
