March 04, 2006

Photo controversy continues

This morning's Ithaca Journal opinion pagecontinues yesterday's complaints about the Journal's publishing a photo including the body of a State Trooper killed in a shootout with bank robbers. One letter, from Monica Armstrong of Dryden, argues that:

Most of us realize when we see a headline that an officer has been shot we can in our minds visualize a horrific scene. We do not need a printed picture to enhance what we already have surmised.

Posted by simon at March 4, 2006 08:10 AM
Note on photos

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The Star-Gazette (Elmira) ran the photo, too. Among the letters of outrage, this alternate view stood out:

http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060305/OPINION02/603050348/1052

Posted by: Susan | March 5, 2006 08:42 PM

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