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'Doctor' shot dead on honeymoon

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  • #2
    biggus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 510 ✭✭✭biggus


    And why can't the media report that the oil price dropped more dramatically then it ever rose? Is good news really banned by these so called professionals.


  • #3
    Kevster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Kevster


    Whatever the case, let's not forget that many people's lives won't be the same again because of this. A person has lost their life, and another is struggling with theirs.

    Don't look too much into the way it's reported. The fact is that it has been reported.


    Kevin


  • #4
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Climate Expert wrote: »
    Why have so many media outlets thought it necessary to tell us this womans profession in its headline. Only RTE have had the good sense to just call her a woman.
    They would never say 'Software developer shot dead' or anything like that.
    I suppose it can be attributed to the whole white woman phenomenon. The media put greater value on the lives of certain sections of society.
    http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/europe/doctor-shot-dead-on-honeymoon-in-antigua-1442443.html

    http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0728/antigua.html

    '


    They referred to the female victim as a 'newly married doctor' on the 6.1 News.


  • #5
    jdivision
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭jdivision


    Climate Expert wrote: »
    The media put greater value on the lives of certain sections of society.

    Which is merely a reflection of society itself


  • #6
    J.S. Pill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,149 ✭✭✭J.S. Pill


    Kevster wrote: »
    Whatever the case, let's not forget that many people's lives won't be the same again because of this. A person has lost their life, and another is struggling with theirs.

    Don't look too much into the way it's reported.     The fact is that it has been reported.


    Kevin

    Well thats what this forum is all about buddy


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  • #7
    gaf1983
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭gaf1983


    The media often report victims' professions. I suppose it adds a bit more substance to the story, I don't see the problem with adding details of someone's profession to a story.

    The national media reported that Gerard McDonnell, the Limerick mountain climber who died on K2, was an oil engineer by profession. Jill Dando, a journalist. Joseph McFadden, who was the young man killed in a road crash in Donegal at the weekend, a DJ.

    I don't see what the issue is with reporting people's jobs - it might not be relevant if you're only looking for the bare nuts and bolts of the story, but then every story road crash or murder story would begin to seem similar and the victims' humanity would be diminished.


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