Winner of the Week: Eric Mansfield
Eric is a former colleague of mine from the TV world. He is an anchor/reporter for WKYC channel 3 in Clevleand. Eric used the release of the Rihanna photo as a news-story to see how this will affect attitudes towards domestic violence. Eric did the story without showing the photo. I appreciate Eric's sensitivity towards the issue.
Loser of the Week: TMZ.com
Congratulations to the tabloid website TMZ.com for putting the photo of Rihanna out there for the world to see. Doing this serves no newsworthy purpose. None. Her injuries have been described in the media. I have heard the "oh, we now have a face for domestic violence." What? Wasn't Nicole Brown Simpson good enough? The photos of her post-O-J beatings have been out there.
What kind of this standard is this setting for journalism? Where is the line drawn for not showing photos of victims?
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My question is, do we need a celebrity face for domestic violence?
What ever happened to good old common sense?
There are enough non celebrity victims of domestic abuse and most people are affected by it. If we need to have one of our "idols" to tell us we have a problem then there is something really wrong with the way we perceive things.
You're right. There doesn't need to be a face for it. I'm upset at TMZ for putting this out there. But the sad reality is that this has gotten them more attention than they rightly deserve.
Good choices, Struke. It is sad when ethics and standards go out the window in favor of sensationalism. Unfortunately, sensationalism sells. I think it was wrong and in bad taste for TMZ to post those photos.
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