Fox News Show Car Chase Suicide Live
I don’t know if you saw it or not. If not, you can Google that stuff or just go to BuzzFeed, but I won’t be providing any links. Anyway, here’s Shep Smith on what happened:
“Well, some explaining to do. While we were taking that car chase and showing it to you live when the guy pulled over and got out of the vehicle, we went on delay. That‘s why I didn’t talk for about 10 seconds. We created a five-second delay as if you were to bleep back your DVR five seconds, that was what we did with the picture we were showing you so that we would see in the studio what was happening five seconds before you did, so that if anything went horribly wrong we’d be able to cut away from it without subjecting you to it and we really messed up. And we’re all very sorry. That didn’t belong on TV. We took every precaution we knew how to take to keep that from being on TV and I personally apologize to you that that happened.
“Sometimes we see a lot of things that we don‘t let get to you because it’s not time appropriate. It’s insensitive. It’s just wrong. And that was wrong. And that won’t happen again on my watch. And I”m sorry.”
I did see it, and Smith was clearly shaken by what happened. This is a genuine apology.
I saw it and do feel for the man’s family. However, I also saw the video of our soldier getting shot 4 times in Afghanistan. No one had a problem showing that one.
I saw it live too. Was home from work sick today.
I’m kinda sorry to say that it didn’t really disturb me. That’s just about what I expect to see anymore.
It’s reality.
It actually is quite tame compared with the sundry real-time beheading shown on the web.
However, that abortions, rapes, cannibalism, and incest are real is no good reason to show them willy nilly on the Web.
Reminds me of the Faces of Death videos.
Here’s an idea, how bout not showing car chases at all or balloon chases either.
Isn’t that why they film these stupid things, in the first place?
What public good is being served, apart from sheer voyeurism?
It’s because it is extremely cheap and extremely engaging. It makes money by the big barrels. The reason?
We want to see what happens next.
Well, you got what you paid for.
Stop bitching.
It’s the whole point of the thing.
I never watch that crap. Neither should any of you.
Well said John J
I agree 100%.