Slate | Newsday
NBC News needn't apologize for airing
Cho Seung-Hui's material, says
Jack Shafer. "The five W's of journalism -- who, what, where, when, and why -- demand that journalists ask the question 'why?' even if they can't adequately answer it." NBC, which has aired only a handful of videos, "seems to think that it's protecting viewers by rationing Cho material while at the same time it reruns the already released video indiscriminately," writes Shafer. "I wonder if Fox News would be so circumspect if it were sitting on a stockpile of fresh Cho. Actually, I don't really wonder." ||
Ellis Henican: "As if NBC thought even for a second of keeping these rattling images off the air!"
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NBC News made a tough call -- and the right decision, says Flowers (RT)
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Most rival news executives refrained from criticizing NBC's decision (LAT)
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Rivals weren't happy about NBC News logo burned into every image (NYT)
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Ingraham accuses networks of "exploitation of grief" to get ratings (WP)
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Networks in Canada advise affiliates to use Cho images sparingly (G&M)
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Cable news becomes addicted to a story like this, offers little new (LC-J)
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Roanoke Times swamped with national media requests for photos (PDN)
