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So the news has been filled with the story of channel 4 going ahead with showing pictures of the crash that took the lives of Diana and Dodi Al Fayed. Despite protests from Diana's children, channel 4 have decided to show the pictures as they claim there is a general public interest in it.
The documentary shows images of the crash that happened almost 10 years ago. Although the actual images of those involved have been removed but I'd imagine you could work out what's been removed from the pictures.
For me this story just shows the state of journalism/news in this country. We have photographers following any kind of celeb looking to catch them doing something out of character - be it fighting, drinking or falling out of their dress. A sad state when pictures of people dying in a nasty accident become 'entertainment'.
To me it seems that channel 4 are using all this as a bit more publicity for the documentary. I'd imagine the whole documentary will be quite lame compared to the amount of press that it is currently getting. It's the public interest part that gets to me.
Is anyone actually interested in seeing the images?
I know Diana was a high profile public figure, but does anyone really think that her death still deserves to be reported on like this so after her death? Preserving her memory is fine with me but I'd quite happily see the majority of news about her laid to rest.
Are the general public really that nosey that they'll lap up this documentary and want to see similar stuff? (the amount of crappy celeb mags out there tells me this could be quite true)
So who wants to see these images? and why?
The documentary shows images of the crash that happened almost 10 years ago. Although the actual images of those involved have been removed but I'd imagine you could work out what's been removed from the pictures.
For me this story just shows the state of journalism/news in this country. We have photographers following any kind of celeb looking to catch them doing something out of character - be it fighting, drinking or falling out of their dress. A sad state when pictures of people dying in a nasty accident become 'entertainment'.
To me it seems that channel 4 are using all this as a bit more publicity for the documentary. I'd imagine the whole documentary will be quite lame compared to the amount of press that it is currently getting. It's the public interest part that gets to me.
Is anyone actually interested in seeing the images?
I know Diana was a high profile public figure, but does anyone really think that her death still deserves to be reported on like this so after her death? Preserving her memory is fine with me but I'd quite happily see the majority of news about her laid to rest.
Are the general public really that nosey that they'll lap up this documentary and want to see similar stuff? (the amount of crappy celeb mags out there tells me this could be quite true)
So who wants to see these images? and why?
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I think the use of such photographs is mainly to get attention and publicity, for doing something "Dangerous". Or maybe it's some fuel for the conspiracy theorists, as ten years later more and more inquiries into Diana's death continue on.
Why do people want to know this sort of thing? I don't know, as none of it seems at all interesting, and indeed seems to only serve the purpose of selling cheap, dumb magazines to equally dumb people, who want to know how the other half live due to their own ambitions or possibly lack of any substance in their own lives.
The public interest? As far as I'm concerned, it should be to show some decent programming instead of rehashing a such a tragedy again, again and again, usually at the same angle of reporting.
Will I be watching this? No. I'll probably do something worthwhile, like continue revising for my A-Levels, or tune into Men & Motors to watch police chases, because let's face it, that is actually more tasteful! Want to preserve Diana's memory? How about something on her charity work?
Why do people want to know this sort of thing? I don't know, as none of it seems at all interesting, and indeed seems to only serve the purpose of selling cheap, dumb magazines to equally dumb people, who want to know how the other half live due to their own ambitions or possibly lack of any substance in their own lives.
The public interest? As far as I'm concerned, it should be to show some decent programming instead of rehashing a such a tragedy again, again and again, usually at the same angle of reporting.
Will I be watching this? No. I'll probably do something worthwhile, like continue revising for my A-Levels, or tune into Men & Motors to watch police chases, because let's face it, that is actually more tasteful! Want to preserve Diana's memory? How about something on her charity work?
So the news has been filled with the story of channel 4 going ahead with showing pictures of the crash that took the lives of Diana and Dodi Al Fayed. Despite protests from Diana's children, channel 4 have decided to show the pictures as they claim there is a general public interest in it.
The documentary shows images of the crash that happened almost 10 years ago. Although the actual images of those involved have been removed but I'd imagine you could work out what's been removed from the pictures.
For me this story just shows the state of journalism/news in this country. We have photographers following any kind of celeb looking to catch them doing something out of character - be it fighting, drinking or falling out of their dress. A sad state when pictures of people dying in a nasty accident become 'entertainment'.
To me it seems that channel 4 are using all this as a bit more publicity for the documentary. I'd imagine the whole documentary will be quite lame compared to the amount of press that it is currently getting. It's the public interest part that gets to me.
Is anyone actually interested in seeing the images?
I know Diana was a high profile public figure, but does anyone really think that her death still deserves to be reported on like this so after her death? Preserving her memory is fine with me but I'd quite happily see the majority of news about her laid to rest.
Are the general public really that nosey that they'll lap up this documentary and want to see similar stuff? (the amount of crappy celeb mags out there tells me this could be quite true)
So who wants to see these images? and why?
The documentary shows images of the crash that happened almost 10 years ago. Although the actual images of those involved have been removed but I'd imagine you could work out what's been removed from the pictures.
For me this story just shows the state of journalism/news in this country. We have photographers following any kind of celeb looking to catch them doing something out of character - be it fighting, drinking or falling out of their dress. A sad state when pictures of people dying in a nasty accident become 'entertainment'.
To me it seems that channel 4 are using all this as a bit more publicity for the documentary. I'd imagine the whole documentary will be quite lame compared to the amount of press that it is currently getting. It's the public interest part that gets to me.
Is anyone actually interested in seeing the images?
I know Diana was a high profile public figure, but does anyone really think that her death still deserves to be reported on like this so after her death? Preserving her memory is fine with me but I'd quite happily see the majority of news about her laid to rest.
Are the general public really that nosey that they'll lap up this documentary and want to see similar stuff? (the amount of crappy celeb mags out there tells me this could be quite true)
So who wants to see these images? and why?
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