Mark Funkhouser: Why The Media Should Print Graphic Images of Gun Violence

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1. Mamie Krupczak Allegretti says:

   August 4, 2019 at 8:57 am

   This reminds me of the idea of taking the kids/adults to the cadaver lab to see the lungs and organs of smokers in the hopes that they will not smoke themselves. How about a field trip to a prison so kids can see what that’s like. Or showing cadavers with gunshot wounds. We now have so many public images of violence, I’m wondering if this would work. The underlying assumption of showing these images is that people will be shocked and then reflect on what they have seen and then put it all together rationally. But I wonder if people are shocked by anything anymore. 😦

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   • ciedie aech says:

     August 4, 2019 at 12:03 pm

     it is so complicated in modern days already filled with endless negative noise: with the obvious bent in all sorts of media outlets to push shocking and minimally respectful stories, how much does an honest look at violence spur on more and more lust from these same media outlets to find and sensationalize similar stories?

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2. noland harmon says:

   August 4, 2019 at 9:34 am

   I completely agree that pictures from the shootings need to be published. Graphic images are what stopped the Viet Nam War.

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   • Bob Shepherd says:

     August 4, 2019 at 12:47 pm

     I, for one, will never forget those pictures in Life magazine of My Lai. Overnight, support for the war among American adults when from 60+ for to 60+ against.

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3. Bob Shepherd says:

   August 4, 2019 at 11:59 am

   Many people have very poor imaginations. Some think of Sandy Hook, and what leaps to their minds are the bodies of all those murdered children. Some just read the story and forget about it. It’s time that it became impossible to forget about it.

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4. Bob Shepherd says:

   August 4, 2019 at 12:42 pm

   Here, the bodies on the street in Ohio: https://twitter.com/beccathelevy/status/1157919255968567296

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   • Bob Shepherd says:

     August 4, 2019 at 12:48 pm

     It is our duty not to turn away from this.

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