Read case 8E: “Above the Fold: Balancing Newsworthy Photos with Community Standards” in Media Ethics: Issues and Cases on page 263. Create an initial discussion post addressing these questions:
As an editor with the Register-Guard, how would you have approached this story? Would you have run some or all of these photos? How might you warn audiences of the story content?
In the past 20 months, seven children had died as a result of child abuse in Lane County, Oregon. How might this fact influence your decision?
Is it ever justifiable to run graphic photos to illustrate the horrors of domestic violence or to show the types of tragedy that law enforcement officers are often called upon to handle?
Justify your response using Kant’s categorical imperative (or another ethical framework) and use other examples to support your position.
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Please include 2 other sources aside from the attached, one of which should involve Kants categorical imperative
