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This morning, a national tabloid has a large picture showing the bath in which Whitney Houston died, confirming that the water is still in it, and her body had been removed moments before.
Personally speaking, all I need to know is that Ms Houston expired in a bath - I have absolutely no need what ever to see an image of said bath, with or without the water contained within.
Since it appears I am out of step with media thinking - can anyone advise me what is the purpose of placing this image? is any serious interest served, or is it simply tragic titilation, and new depths (pardon the pun!) of tabloid operation?
Personally speaking, all I need to know is that Ms Houston expired in a bath - I have absolutely no need what ever to see an image of said bath, with or without the water contained within.
Since it appears I am out of step with media thinking - can anyone advise me what is the purpose of placing this image? is any serious interest served, or is it simply tragic titilation, and new depths (pardon the pun!) of tabloid operation?
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...something else which elicits similar feelings in me: when news channels are reporting something that happened in Parliament that day, I really don't need to see some poor reporter standing outside the Houses of Parliament in the freezing rain.
Or when reporting a news stort from No.10, I don't need to see Nick Robinson standing in Downing Street, wiping the snow off his glasses.
Or when reporting a news stort from No.10, I don't need to see Nick Robinson standing in Downing Street, wiping the snow off his glasses.
same with the old adage about weather reports.
why do i need to see someone standing in a field or beside a road to know what the weather is like where they are standing ? unless they are at the end of my drive, what use is it to me ? more often in winter they are also in the dark so you can't even see the weather where they are anyway !!
why do i need to see someone standing in a field or beside a road to know what the weather is like where they are standing ? unless they are at the end of my drive, what use is it to me ? more often in winter they are also in the dark so you can't even see the weather where they are anyway !!
Ankou - I have banged on every winter since the AB started about the apparent need for TV stations to send someone out in the snow to advise viewers that it is snowing - and as I always say, just tell me, I'll understand, I was around in 1963, I know what snow looks like!!!
It does make me wonder whether the proliferation of camera phones and similar is such a good idea when this is what they can be used for. It appears either a hotel employee or a paramedic saw a chance to make a quick buck, and sadly, they succeeded. In an ideal world, any tabloid editor would be able to say that such a picture was pointless because no readers would be interested in seeing it.
It does make me wonder whether the proliferation of camera phones and similar is such a good idea when this is what they can be used for. It appears either a hotel employee or a paramedic saw a chance to make a quick buck, and sadly, they succeeded. In an ideal world, any tabloid editor would be able to say that such a picture was pointless because no readers would be interested in seeing it.
really squarebear ? they would buy a paper just to see a picture of the bath what whitney copped it in ?
why, when only a few hours later you could just see it on google images for free...?
http://jokeslab.com/f...ny-bath-for-horse.jpg
why, when only a few hours later you could just see it on google images for free...?
http://jokeslab.com/f...ny-bath-for-horse.jpg
not sure really jake. indifferent i suppose. some say it was staged.
there is no mistaking the authenticity and imagery impact of the vietnam napalm or the general loan shooting.
.... but unless you are suggesting it could have been any old bath in any old hotel in any old town..then not sure where you are going ......... summink of propaganda to pander to the great unwashed ?
there is no mistaking the authenticity and imagery impact of the vietnam napalm or the general loan shooting.
.... but unless you are suggesting it could have been any old bath in any old hotel in any old town..then not sure where you are going ......... summink of propaganda to pander to the great unwashed ?
