Mauritius Newspaper Publishes Dead Images

flyswatter

Wow, this is about as low as it gets. Talk about a poor standard of journalism.






Enda Kenny vows to make formal complaint over pictures that included close-up shots of murdered teacher's dead body


The Irish government is to make a formal complaint to Mauritius after a newspaper published photographs of the body of the murdered schoolteacher Michaela McAreavey.

Her family said the publication of the photos, shot at the crime scene in the Legends hotel in Mauritius, was "reprehensible and repugnant".

McAreavey was the daughter of Mickey Harte, one of the most successful Gaelic football managers in modern times. Two men accused of her murder in January 2011 were cleared on Thursday.

Northern Ireland's deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, said it was clear the photographs "emanated from within the Mauritian system".

About 12 black and white photos of the crime scene appeared in the Mauritius newspaper the Sunday Times. On the front page was an image of McAreavey after her death, with the word "exclusive" written above it.

Inside the paper were more images of the crime scene, including the couple's honeymoon suite and the bathroom where John McAreavey found his wife's body. There were also close-up shots of McAreavey's injuries.

The Irish taoiseach, Enda Kenny, said the publication was "an appalling invasion of privacy and a gross affront to human dignity", and said he would be protesting to officials in Mauritius in "the strongest possible terms".




From Guardian

Caveman1

Pics or GTFO

starbelgrade

flyswatter wrote: »

The Irish taoiseach, Enda Kenny, said the publication was "an appalling invasion of privacy and a gross affront to human dignity", and said he would be protesting to officials in Mauritius in "the strongest possible terms".

That'll go something like...

Kenny; "I want to express my feelings of deep disgust at what your press have done"

Mauritius Government Official: "**** off, Enda"

Kenny; "Oh, OK. Sorry"

1ZRed

That's just messed up


What a cheap thing to do. I don't get that mindset

Degag

Caveman1 wrote: »

Pics or GTFO

No thanks.

admiralofthefleet

read it this morning, are they really out to destroy their own tourist industry?

TimeToShine

Caveman1 wrote: »

Pics or GTFO

no need for that.

Rasheed

Caveman1 wrote: »

Pics or GTFO

What the fcuk would you want to see them for?

mauzo

Jesus after all the stick they got for handling the case wrong, people giving them stick on facebook, boycotting the entire country over the 2 men getting off...they go and publish the photos for the world to see.

Why not come over and kick her poor husband/family in the nuts??

Kamjana

Caveman1 wrote: »

Pics or GTFO

In any other thread that would be a good response,but here now its not.I hope you have a good nights sleep tonight because i dont think her husband or family will, knowing those pics are out in the public domain now.

alphabeat

i believe we should have someone nuke mauritius from orbit ....

... its the only way to be sure .

ChunkyLover54

Rasheed wrote: »

What the fcuk would you want to see them for?

He was clearly joking

ringadingding

Going against the grain here, but it's pretty standard in most places to publish pictures of dead people in newspapers... it only really seems to be England, Ireland and the states that do not do it.

Go to france, Germany or most other places and the free papers on the tube will have these kind of photos.

they seem to be less hung up about dead bodies than in Ireland.

Dont get me wrong, I dont like looking at them either.

Thatnastyboy

Kamjana wrote: »

In any other thread that would be a good response,but here now its not.I hope you have a good nights sleep tonight because i dont think her husband or family will, knowing those pics are out in the public domain now.

Id say he said it because there already is a large thread in relation to this topic.

Chuck Stone

Wont be looking if I can avoid it at all.

John Doe1

Anyone for an invasion?

Canis Lupus

Can't say I find it tasteful but different countries have differing levels of detail in their reporting including things the majority in Ireland would find shocking.

I don't know in this situation if the inclusion of these pictures is a standard thing in their reporting or if they've been included because of the 'celebrity' nature of this case.

Caveman1

Kamjana wrote: »

In any other thread that would be a good response,but here now its not.I hope you have a good nights sleep tonight because i dont think her husband or family will, knowing those pics are out in the public domain now.

I was waiting for this kind of reply, when there's pics in the paper of dead body's in war zones etc it wouldnt cross our minds to glance at it and move on but because it's an Irish person it's meant to make a difference ?

Rasheed

^^^^^^^^^^ Appears serious

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

He was clearly joking

Well it was a shiite joke if he was.

flyswatter

Just noticed there is a thread on the trial already but maybe this could be kept open mods as it's kind of a moral issue about the press?

cocoshovel

Thats nothing odd in countries like that. They show things like that on the evening news in places like Brazil and Mexico. Im not surprised really.

Diego Maradona

I wonder were people in Iraq complaining when Irish papers published images of dead children and people lying dead on the side of the road.

Kamjana

Caveman1 wrote: »

I was waiting for this kind of reply, when there's pics in the paper of dead body's in war zones etc it wouldnt cross our minds to glance at it and move on but because it's an Irish person it's meant to make a difference ?

So you only posted it waiting for a reply like mine,nice.Each to there own and all that.

ChunkyLover54

Diego Maradona wrote: »

I wonder were people in Iraq complaining when Irish papers published images of dead children and people lying dead on the side of the road.

Huh?
Probably not...I'd say they had other problems at the time

Micky Dolenz

ChunkyLover54 wrote: »

He was clearly joking

Jokes are meant to be funny.

Rasheed

Whatever about the paper printing the pictures, what cnut in the judicial system leaked them in the first place?

Extinction

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Jokes are meant to be funny.

Ever hear of dark humour?

Border-Rat

Diego Maradona wrote: »

I wonder were people in Iraq complaining when Irish papers published images of dead children and people lying dead on the side of the road.

What? Most Iraqi's wanted that type of image to spread. That was a war, this was murder.

Oat23

cocoshovel wrote: »

Thats nothing odd in countries like that. They show things like that on the evening news in places like Brazil and Mexico. Im not surprised really.

Yeah when someone is shot in the middle of the street by the bloody Zetas. You don't publish pictures of a woman who has been strangled in her hotel room.

Thatnastyboy

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Yeah when someone is shot in the middle of the street by the bloody Zetas. You don't publish pictures of a woman who has been strangled in her hotel room.

Not to say im not horrified by the publishing of the images, but,

What is the difference between the two?

Is one human life valued more than another?

Regardless of circumstance the picture will still show someone; a person, with a life, a family etc, who has been killed.

What decides whether it is acceptable or not?

Oat23

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Not to say im not horrified by the publishing of the images, but,

What is the difference between the two?

Is one human life valued more than another?

Regardless of circumstance the picture will still show someone; a person, with a life, a family etc, who has been killed.

What decides whether it is acceptable or not?

None of them are acceptable. The difference is, when they show a dead person on TV in Mexico it is after they have been gunned down in the street. The persons body is left on the street covered with a sheet for a long time while the CSI's do their job. The public and news crews will get pictures and videos of this.

Michaela was killed in her hotel room which is private. These pictures were obtained illegally after being leaked by an official that works for the government and it should never have been printed in the papers.