Doing the same, for a long while. I do worry about the duty of care that broadcast

editors and presenters should probably, but sometimes don't take.

In the immediate aftermath of the Cumbria mass shooting a few years ago they had an eyewitness guy live on Five Live telling his story about how he'd been first on the scene where one of the victims had been shot, and he started going on about seeing brain on the pavement where the victim had been so badly injured, and you could hear the note of obvious distress in his voice, and how this poor c**t was basically in shock himself having seen just terrible things, and they put this poor bastard on live national radio in the middle of the afternoon.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on June 14th 2017 at 09:33:51

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The guy on BBC1 just now... I'm crying. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jun 14, 09:16:59
- Seeing the images of the fire and how it spread it seems inevitable that (General Chat) - Jim, Jun 14, 10:04:13
- I dont watch the personal stories if at all poss (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 14, 09:24:22
  - Doing the same, for a long while. I do worry about the duty of care that broadcast (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 14, 09:33:51
    - Same thing happened in London Bridge recently (General Chat) - Charles21, Jun 14, 13:15:19
    - Sometimes it's dreadful and unfiltered, I get the need for people to be informed (General Chat) - Tombs, Jun 14, 09:47:04
      - innit (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jun 14, 09:47:40
    - This is relevant though... (General Chat) - norway, Jun 14, 09:40:38
      - Absolutely. But it's one thing approaching witnesses, another thing to point a microphone (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 14, 11:16:25
  - Probably for the best. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Jun 14, 09:27:51

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