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<blockquote data-quote="Anaheimfan" data-source="post: 213791" data-attributes="member: 6263"><p>First off, Whymemom, I am very sorry that you had to happen upon that scene...No one needs to see something like that. And I am glad that you had the picture pulled from the Station. </p><p> </p><p>Reporters can be a rail pain in the--insert body part here--on the scene of an accident. And they won't go for a mild picture of the wrecked vehicle or firefighters/paramedics extricating someone, they will go for the most gruesome shot they can get. It really is sickening. And I have written my share of letters to newspapers, and I have shoed many a photographer away from grizzly wrecks. (Not to mention a group of shutter bugs who were trying to get a picture of a paramedic--whom I know very well--being extricated from a wrecked Ambulance)</p><p> </p><p>When my dad joined the Fire Department in 1987, there was a wreck, two people died. A tourist driving by got some of the extrication, and a "nice" shot of one of the deceased (And I will say that this was a very gruesome accident). The police Constable doing Traffic Duty actually removed the video cassette from the camera, and did a little tapdance on it.</p><p> </p><p>All in all, reporters don't exactly think about who they are going to offend with their photographs, they just want to be the one to get the "good" shot for Page 1...Personally, I think that any reporter who photographs a deceased person without permission from the family or Emergency personnel on scene should be charged with Invasion of Privacy or something along those lines. </p><p> </p><p>Again, Whymemom, I am sorry you had to see that, if you need to talk about it, feel free to PM me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anaheimfan, post: 213791, member: 6263"] First off, Whymemom, I am very sorry that you had to happen upon that scene...No one needs to see something like that. And I am glad that you had the picture pulled from the Station. Reporters can be a rail pain in the--insert body part here--on the scene of an accident. And they won't go for a mild picture of the wrecked vehicle or firefighters/paramedics extricating someone, they will go for the most gruesome shot they can get. It really is sickening. And I have written my share of letters to newspapers, and I have shoed many a photographer away from grizzly wrecks. (Not to mention a group of shutter bugs who were trying to get a picture of a paramedic--whom I know very well--being extricated from a wrecked Ambulance) When my dad joined the Fire Department in 1987, there was a wreck, two people died. A tourist driving by got some of the extrication, and a "nice" shot of one of the deceased (And I will say that this was a very gruesome accident). The police Constable doing Traffic Duty actually removed the video cassette from the camera, and did a little tapdance on it. All in all, reporters don't exactly think about who they are going to offend with their photographs, they just want to be the one to get the "good" shot for Page 1...Personally, I think that any reporter who photographs a deceased person without permission from the family or Emergency personnel on scene should be charged with Invasion of Privacy or something along those lines. Again, Whymemom, I am sorry you had to see that, if you need to talk about it, feel free to PM me. [/QUOTE]
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