Hey Lex,
I thought your post made a lot of sense and I agree with your statement...
Sam...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lex Jenkins" <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:05 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Space shuttle - enough of the spectacle!
> Gotta disagree with you, Jay. As a former nurse and EMT myself, and later
a
> newspaper journalist and then an OSHA safety investigator, I have a wide
> range of experience and perspective on this issue.
>
> I strongly believe the greater good of the public is better served by a
free
> exchange of information. When information is withheld the status quo is
> maintained and nothing is improved. Even when changes are made secretly
to
> improve safety or prevent future accidents, such secrecy insults the
> intelligence and rights of the public in a free society.
>
> Yes, there are certainly occasions when news reporting exceeds the bounds
of
> good taste and exploits the suffering of victims and families. It is a
risk
> we must be willing to accept in order to avoid the type of total
censorship
> imposed in other nations, which leads to citizens continuing to be exposed
> to dangerous situations because important information has been withheld.
>
> Keep in mind that news media reports are often the primary source of
> historical documentation for future generations. When the news media are
> told lies or given incomplete information, history becomes an incomplete
> lie.
>
> Lex
> ===
>
> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:43:38 -0600
> From: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Space shuttle - enough of the spectacle!
>
> >You're totally ignoring the victims here. They have rights, too, and
those
> >rights include the right not to have their last words and actions and
> >images strewn across the public consciousness in the name of
> >sensationalism...which, even if it's not your purpose...is most certainly
> >the purpose of the "news" organizations who fought to reveal every last
bit
> >of it...I just wish that more people would see how self-serving the media
> >is when pushing "the people's right to know".
> That's BULLSHIT! There are some things the people have no right to know.
> Those things include personal details of injuries and deaths.
>
> >As a paramedic, there were several times when I had to put myself between
> >my patients and an obnoxious reporter/photographer's cameras...
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