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The media cashing in on the tragedy of Diana's death

21 Apr 2004 14:418 commentsBizLike
I find it despicable that an American TV station has seen fit to show pictures of Princess Diana dying in the car crash wreckage in Paris, 1997.
I doubt that these pictures, taken in 1997, will shed new light on the details of the accident or qualify as news in any way. They don't inform the public at all. In my opinion it's a case of the media cashing in on the tragedy.

This is an example of why journalists (and the media) are so reviled by the general public, but who is to blame? -- the media, for feeding the public what amounts to scenes of 'celebrity snuff', or the public for having an appetite for it?
 
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JD
Fact - sex and violence sells-
But an interesting trend I recently read about was that movies with a lot of sex and violence aren't doing as well in America anymore. The box-office hits are family shows like Finding Nemo. Posted on 22 Apr 2004 15:12
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Said It
Use the media infuence for better-
It's a true fact that we need films that will leave the audience with an inspiration to develop and change lives for better. We need generations that will make this world a better place to be through it's new ventures and discoveries and I don't think nude and sex will give us that. Posted on 23 Apr 2004 08:20
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Get a life-
Celebs, irrespective of who they are, are nothing without the public, and even less without media. Single locks of hair does well at Sotheby's auction rooms. Madonna's nickers, signed napkins, used this, old that. People want to know. They want to see. This is life. And the media ain't anything if it can't feed the frenzy. So yes, photocopied pictures taken from video still print-outs showing Di in her last moments, and nogal never-seen-before-pics will be crowd-pullers. If you don't know that, or don't believe that, get out of media.

Here's an interesting one. Dornay (the local singer) lives in the same complex as I, along with a whole bunch of eldery folks. He insists on palying his music pretty load early in the morning, which is a body corporate no-no. So we're at our AGM on Tuesday evening and someone starts complaining about his music. Soon everybody else chips in and in no time they are all complaining about his music, even though some of them have never seen him, or never been hassled by his music. Then the original person who started the complaint pipes up; "Oh, but his famous, he has a hit song on the radio you know" and everyone shuts up. Point is, I may not use my drill on a Saturday morning, not even for two minutes, but Dornay may play his music loud, whenever he wishes.

So irrespective of who you are, if the media made you, you don't have a life and that's the price you pay. Posted on 22 Apr 2004 17:19
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Mo
double standards-
Why all the fuss about pics of di. Fact is whether you're a celeb or not, what is good for the goose is good for the gander. We see daily pics of dead or dying people, remember the pics of people jumping on the WTC, remember the pics of the dead sons of Saddam Hussein, dead bodies strewn in the streets of Isreal and Palestine alike, the burning and afterwards dead bodiy of gangster Staggie???. We in SA did not complain in the apartheid years when pictures of dead "activists" were spread across our newspapers and on our tv screens. So does this mean that if you're a celebrity, only then will you be afforded the dignity of not having your image flighted in the media? Besides, our bodies are only vehicles of our souls and it is in death afterall that we can really say we are equal and that our race, colour or creed (or celeb staus)is of no importance whatsoever. Posted on 23 Apr 2004 08:36
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Fatboy
life after death-
I agree wholly with double standards - we see death on the media regularly and although it shocks us it also excites us. Pure human nature - as long as it is not us. In her short life as fiance, wife, mother, mistress and into death and after death the "Di" issue will remain with us. Sad but true - did you know the king is still alive! Even Elvis cannot R.I.P. - it comes with the territory. I don't agree with dead bodies being shoved into our faces as I believe it actually desensitizes us and therefore lose respect for that which is to be regarded as holy. Posted on 26 Apr 2004 15:58
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Michelle
Princess Diana-
The truth is that you all have a hard on for her. I don't hear anyone complaining when on the news (every single night) there is picture after picture of dead Iraqie women and children. There is no outcry there.

Hey, I liked her too, but she died because of a drunk driver. There is nothing more to it. If you're going to complain, complain about something that matters. How about starving children or people dying of cancer.

She was only one person. Posted on 14 Jul 2006 23:04
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Adam
Agreed-
While I agree with the topic that it is bad that such images are shown on television, but it's shown because it's watched.

So many people scorn the papparazzi and suchlike but then sit and watch a show on celebrities or the 'royalty.' People support what they then later complain about, we need to realise our everyday actions have great, more widespread consequences then we tend to believe. Posted on 28 Nov 2005 00:04
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Thato
Very insensitive-
I find this very insensitive and inconsiderate for the prince's family. They can never have peace of mind in so far as this tragedy is concerned. The fact that she was a public figure doesn't warrant this kind of behaviour. How would these people feel if it were their family members? They have to stop it now, it's not funny. Posted on 23 Apr 2004 09:19
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