| TrevorK |
It's what the people want to see - it sells newspapers.
The Sun caters to a certain crowd - this is what they want.
I don't see the big deal - it's the same thing you'd see on TV during all hours of the day. |
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| S2KPWR |
| the big deal is that the family sees it. |
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| Honda_Finatic |
| It's all just sales to the SUN. The Journal is more tasteful i find with their pictures and their language. |
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| Tech2 |
| Man, this sucks. The sun is getting just like the shitty media in Taiwan. Dead guys from car accidents and stabbings on the front page all the time, but they'll cover up shots of bugs to make it look more gross. I hate that kind of stuff, and though the sun has always sucked, this is a new low. That's why I read my news online. |
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| TrevorK |
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Originally posted by S2KPWR
the big deal is that the family sees it.
Unfortunately the family doesn't impact the bottom line for the Sun.
I can't really comment on what affect it has on the family - something of this nature has never (And I hope it stays that way) happened to me.
I would like to think that, after the inital shock/awe wore off it wouldn't phase me because I would accept the death and the circumstances around it. However, I can't really say because I've never experienced it, and this seems like something you'd have to experience to be able to comment on. |
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| midnite |
oops wrong thread.
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| chris f |
| This is no worse then what you see on tv shows, or movies, but This is someones son, this is someones brother, this is the worst thing you could put on the front of a paper, just thik his mother and father would see that picture every where they go for that day, news stands, paper sale boxes, and in coffie shops. if they want to or not, thats sick |
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| ChromeDragon |
Unfortunately papers like the Sun tend to stick by the credo of 'It bleeds, it leads."
While I think it's tough to see stuff like this, hiding it from people isn't really helping them much either. We live in a violent world and it's only getting worse. Hopefully if people see some of the atrocities happening they will actually do something to stop them. |
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| snugs |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon
Unfortunately papers like the Sun tend to stick by the credo of 'It bleeds, it leads."
While I think it's tough to see stuff like this, hiding it from people isn't really helping them much either. We live in a violent world and it's only getting worse. Hopefully if people see some of the atrocities happening they will actually do something to stop them.
Most media is like because sex and/or violence is what sells, and its the general public who's buying.... so if you believe in a free market then the burden of ethics can be placed on the consumer.
...this just doesn't phase me. :dunno: |
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| BlueTurboEGG |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon
We live in a violent world and it's only getting worse. Hopefully if people see some of the atrocities happening they will actually do something to stop them.
I've been singing this shite for years, but people always say "What do you need THAT for?" <cough><cough><MATT><cough><cough>
I'd rather have it and not need it (or the option of escalating up to it) than to need it and not have it. |
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| ChromeDragon |
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Originally posted by snugs
Most media is like because sex and/or violence is what sells, and its the general public who's buying.... so if you believe in a free market then the burden of ethics can be placed on the consumer.
...this just doesn't phase me. :dunno:
Like when I was flipping through the Sun the other day and like 9 straight pages had women in some state of undress. And this wasn't even a Sunshine girl calendar or anything like that. Just ads and poor excuses for news. |
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| TrevorK |
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Originally posted by ChromeDragon
Like when I was flipping through the Sun the other day and like 9 straight pages had women in some state of undress. And this wasn't even a Sunshine girl calendar or anything like that. Just ads and poor excuses for news.
It was a holiday lingerie section.
I only know this because I read the entire Sun 3-4 times a day at work while I'm waiting for things. |
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| Insomniac |
Those photographs are innappropriate IMO. That's not journalism. The are not relaying any valuble information to the public by publishing those pictures. They are creating a spectacle to sell papers.
We get the sun at work and clip out all of the car accident photographs so that if we have to investigate the crash, we sometimes have photos of the scene.
The Sun sure loves to take close-ups of people's faces when being taken out of a car on a stretcher. Pitiful IMO. |
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| TrevorK |
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Originally posted by Insomniac
Those photographs are innappropriate IMO. That's not journalism. The are not relaying any valuble information to the public by publishing those pictures. They are creating a spectacle to sell papers.
We get the sun at work and clip out all of the car accident photographs so that if we have to investigate the crash, we sometimes have photos of the scene.
The Sun sure loves to take close-ups of people's faces when being taken out of a car on a stretcher. Pitiful IMO.
If you were making millions off of it would you stop? |
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| SilverZ24 |
| The pictures do serve some purpose to show the reality of what has happened to people. Maybe they need the caption "don't do drugs, or you'll end up like this guy" under the pics. :dunno: |
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| wubba_65 |
If all you want to do is get the news, then listen to the radio, or get set up on the wire service. Popular media such as the SUN, the Journal, or any other paper that does more than convey the facts is always going to try and get "the edge". The photos convey more about what happened at that scene, and the impact of the involved parties actions, than any script ever could. Yes it sells them papers, but it also conveys the emotion and the ambience of the moment. More than any "facts only" rendition could. Pesonally I like it, and I think it has a greater impact on the public than
"A 23 year old man was shot to death yesterday in Riverbend. Police used a K9 unit to track a possible suspect but were unsuccessful. The search continues".
Essentially those are the facts, but it doesn't make me care as much as that picture did. It makes me sad that Edmonton has become such a sh*t hole because of its rapid growth, and the lack of morals among societies youth. It is really sad. |
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| clapbak |
Welcome to 2005..
People live for that kind of stuff, it sells.. Its ALL about Money.. Its What makes the World go Round!
The sad thing is, Everything is only gonna get worse..:drama:
and if u dont like it, dont read / look at it.. |
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