News Media Weigh Use of Photos of Carnage

Pictures of the aftermath of the bombings at the Boston Marathon started a debate among news organizations about when images are too horrifying to display.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/business/media/news-media-weigh-use-of-photos-of-carnage.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

“Here in America, we see gruesome photographs that come from war, the third world, a horrible accident or come from European and Middle Eastern terrorism. We typically don’t see those pictures on the front page of newspapers,” Mr. Winslow said. “Not since 9/11, we have not had to deal with pictures from the East Coast mainstream media corridor.”