Saturday, January 01, 2005

MSNBC - Letters to MSNBC

Oh, poor Christina. Can't hand the TRUTH about what's going on. Can't handle greiving parents at christmastime, can't stand to see dead and dying children and families ripped apart. Unlike Ms. DeLeon, I think the newsmeida has a RESPONSIBILITY to show us the truth, so we know what's going on, so it's not just some abstract new story. So that we feel more compelled to DO something rather than say a prayer in church and watch Bowl games.

MSNBC - Letters to MSNBC: "About grim tsunami photographs
A suggestion: Photographs used in conjunction with articles can help the reader feel closer to the stories, bring about emotions etc. Could you do everyone a favor and not allow photographs of dead children with grieving families close beside them? I saw quite a few with the Tsunami stories, and example being here.
Please use some type of discretion- or allow those that view your websites to be forewarned and use their own discretion when reading and viewing these pictures. Maybe a �warning: graphic pictures which may disturb some viewers are within this link� or something to that effect.
My belief is that the ultimate drive in your publishing these type of photographs, is money. More viewers, increase ratings, increase commissions from those that link to other websites, etc, etc, etc it all revolves back to money.
You have no knowledge of who may be viewing these articles and what type of effect this type of picture can have on the viewer�please allow a choice in what we view!
Regards,
Christiana de Leon"