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The editor's ethical dilemma: Are the media justified in publishing Virginia TV shooter's video?

on Aug 27, 2015 | 0 comments

By Paul Connew

A TV crew gunned down by a deranged ex-colleague with a grudge. Live on Breakfast TV. Captured in graphic detail by the slain cameraman’s own camera, with even more graphic footage of the murder later posted online by the killer himself before he shoots himself dead during a dramatic police chase.

If this was the plot line of a new Netflix crime drama series, its graphic violence and implausible narrative would probably have gone down as acceptable artistic licence. But as this was played out for real, inevitable ethical issues have engulfed the mainstream media in the wake of the brutal, Read full story ›

Source: The Drum