Independent journalist Andy Ngo is questioning CNN’s standards, if there are any, after the network published the now-viral heartbreaking photo of a father and daughter from El Salvador who drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande river from Mexico into the U.S.
Ngo writes, “How come editors in msm don’t provide consistent principles on when to publish graphic photos of dead people & children? For example, there’s no holding back on images of dead migrants but they don’t run graphic photos of dead victims of terrorism or murdered Israelis.”
How come editors in msm don’t provide consistent principles on when to publish graphic photos of dead people & children? For example, there’s no holding back on images of dead migrants but they don’t run graphic photos of dead victims of terrorism or murdered Israelis. pic.twitter.com/HO9NpdyLsY
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 26, 2019
In the past, CNN has declined to publish photos of dead people. What’s changed, CNN?
Question for @CNN on standards for publishing photos of dead people. Last year, you were not willing to publish the stills from Logan Paul’s video showing the dead body. But you didn’t censor or hold back on publishing photos of Aylan Kurdi or the drowned migrants in Rio Grande.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 26, 2019
Here’s another example:
And @cnn in 2015 chose not to publish images from inside the Bataclan Theatre in Paris when 90 people were slaughtered by jihadist militants. The floor was soaked in blood. What are your guidelines?
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 26, 2019
Over to you Brian Stelter. Are there any standards?
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Related:
Relatives say father and daughter in that heartbreaking photo were not fleeing from violence in El Salvador, via the NY Times https://t.co/7nSQUhFPvy
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 26, 2019
Media outlets aren’t holding back on publishing this photo of a drowned father and daughter https://t.co/41OBrA0QJQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 26, 2019
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