Poll: Did Photo of Man Pushed Onto Subway Tracks Go Too Far?
The New York Post drew criticism this week for publishing a photo of a man about to die after being pushed onto subway tracks.
A photo of New Yorker Ki-Suck Han about to be killed by an oncoming train after being pushed onto subway tracks generated controversy this week. The New York Post ran the photo on its cover and quickly incurred the wrath of those who felt it was in poor taste and exploitive, the L.A. Times reported. Others, such as Howard Kurtz at CNN wrote that the photo was newsworthy even though it also was unnerving. Kurtz points out that there are photos of dead bodies published every day from war zones around the world. "The truth is that this picture seems more monstrously unfair because we can easily imagine being in the victim's place," Kurtz stated. The freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi also has faced criticism for taking photos while the man…
Derrick Dempster-Galga
3:13 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
Why do you have higher expectations of mankind when we, as a species, have been found wanting time and time again. Do not, for one moment, play the education/world view/thinking about things card to me, as it won't wash; you betray your failing more and more each time you type - that of a sanctimonious religious blowhard rapt by their own sense of importance (entirely misplaced), whilst deferring… more ›