: TV and EthicsMar 04 2005, 18:43 PM

Remember my Allegedly ruined life article? This one is about media also (seems like I have a lot of issues with Media Ethics ). Really, media is everywhere now and it has as much impact on our kids (let alone all those “susceptible” people) as do schools. People learn from what they hear/see on Radio/TV, that's what this technology is for… But sometimes TV goes overboard (does it?) with providing us with visuals. Sometime this week, I was watching news on some “unnamed” channel and they were showing a report on yet another terrorist attack. Unlike radio that has no visuals or newspapers that have minimum, TV has “streaming” visuals, different every so many seconds. What can they show us when they talk about a deadly terrorist attack? Certainly bodies ripped to shreds and scattered all over the place. That was 8 o“clock news mind you, that many families watch over their dinner. Distasteful dinner and bad mood for the rest of the day is nothing compared to lost lives, but what about the kids that were also watching (might have) the news? What about the relatives of those killed in the attack? Is it ethical to show such things? I'm not sure. The relatives might be against it. Parents might in fact not care; they might actually say that such things harden children“s brain so that the kids will be ready for adult life… Nevertheless, the majority is probably against such displays. Yet, TV news continue to show them. May be I'm wrong and most people actually want to see them or think that we need to?