Quote Originally Posted by zencentury View Post
It's disgustingly heartless when news organizations show that type of image and let Joe Moron pontificate on what happened/who was at fault.

That's not responsible journalism. What kind of person wants a camera operator job so badly they lack any moral compass?
What do you think the media is? Not to be jaded but I've seen time and time again where the media reports of hysteria and they pass judgment. I'd blame them but I'd also seen (too many times to count ) what the average person wants to watch and read. The public LIKES that stuff. The media caters to what the public wants.

I work in an industry that if whenever something happens, before knowing the truth, the media shows up thinking they are doing their viewers a "service". The "service" includes showing only one side of thing before all the facts are even known. It's sad because very rarely are we shown something thoughtfully written showing both sides of the situation.

And my co-worker who leaped to conclusion so quickly did hear, from me, what it is like out there. Yeah, the cyclist could've been doing something wrong (sounds like not though) but plenty of law-abiding ones are hit all the time.