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NYC_SKP

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17. More a matter of demonstrating good taste, sensitivity, neutrality.
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 01:15 PM
Jan 2015

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MSNBC is within their First Amendment rights to report the story, or not, and to blur the image, or not.

That they reported the story is commendable, and being sensitive to anyone who might be offended is VERY commendable.

But the most commendable thing is that by blurring the image, they remained NEUTRAL; the didn't give the image more press than it deserved.

Good for them, and Briard is just an ordinary Capitalist trying to make a buck, trying to make more press by making a stink.

Um, no. Freedom of speech and of the press protects MSMBC's decision to blur it. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #1
Blurring that image = cowardice Ferd Berfel Jan 2015 #2
we have american sniper to get our hate on muslims.... seabeyond Jan 2015 #3
People and newspapers have the right HappyMe Jan 2015 #4
They do the same thing with images of corpses and mayhem. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #7
False equivalent Ferd Berfel Jan 2015 #22
i agree. there is not black and white... about this issue. i appreciate people that seabeyond Jan 2015 #5
Thank you. And the editor is a fool, in this case. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #6
i agree. i have found the hypocrisy consistent in the arguments. this approach seabeyond Jan 2015 #8
You do have a good point there. HappyMe Jan 2015 #9
agree ND-Dem Jan 2015 #24
that's what americans are always told; there's freedom of the press, but the press is under ND-Dem Jan 2015 #23
It's like the people who kissed the Nazis' asses in the vain hope that they wouldn't kill them. chrisa Jan 2015 #10
Or, it's like "we WILL report this, but we are NOT going to help you by showing your cartoon" NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #11
Just as the editor of CH doesn't want to be told HappyMe Jan 2015 #12
Democracy? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jan 2015 #13
further, this magazine was hardly seen. and now they have the world stage and circulation seabeyond Jan 2015 #14
Anyone know the names of those who were killed? Probably not. randome Jan 2015 #15
Political correctness is the antithesis of free speech. Waiting For Everyman Jan 2015 #16
More a matter of demonstrating good taste, sensitivity, neutrality. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #17
It could be Waiting For Everyman Jan 2015 #18
Would you suggest that by law they be REQUIRED not to blur the image, then? NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #20
Of course not, coercion is undemocratic, either way. Waiting For Everyman Jan 2015 #21
He is saying the US media doesn't have the right to their views. Kablooie Jan 2015 #19
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