Q media panel: What should the media do with graphic ISIS videos?
Desmond Cole, Simon Houpt and Jen Gerson on what to do with brutal ISIS videos
This week's Q media panel -- Desmond Cole of the Torontoist, Simon Houpt of the Globe and Mail and Jen Gerson of the National Post -- join guest host Daniel Richler to discuss the latest headlines.
At issue today: Following FOX News' controversial decision to embed a brutal ISIS propaganda video -- which showed Jordanian pilot named Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned to death -- we ask: is this a turning point for the media?
In a statement about their decision to post the ISIS video, FOX News said: "the decision to give readers ... the option to see for themselves the barbarity of ISIS outweighed legitimate concerns about the graphic nature of the video."
At issue today: Following FOX News' controversial decision to embed a brutal ISIS propaganda video -- which showed Jordanian pilot named Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned to death -- we ask: is this a turning point for the media?
In a statement about their decision to post the ISIS video, FOX News said: "the decision to give readers ... the option to see for themselves the barbarity of ISIS outweighed legitimate concerns about the graphic nature of the video."
By making these graphic videos more accessible, are journalists indirectly promoting ISIS' propaganda efforts? Or is FOX right to say the audience should police their own exposure?
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