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Does the BBC have to make comments about the stench of death in the air when reporting in the Phillipines? It's a tragedy out there for the people...show them some respect. Oh, and putrefying bodies! Yes, death is not a pleasant experience, we all know what happens to bodies when they die so why keep on and on about it. The tragedy is the huge loss of loved ones, not the state of those loved ones' bodies.

I agree, theia. Those "bodies" were human beings once, like us. How about some respect and common decency.

In the news photos shown here, many survivors can be seen covering their noses & mouths with either their hands or cloth. It was explained why this was done by telling the Truth.

IMO, we should always know the truth where the news is concerned. It helps to explain the shock & horror the survivors are feeling. It's the real thing & IMO we should not be protected against reality. Change the channel.

"Does the BBC have to make comments about the stench of death in the air when reporting in the Phillipines?"

Yes because the stench is overwhelming. A tragedy should not be masked. IMO, of course.

We can tell just by the photos and news videos taken there how truly terrible the effects of the storm is on the survivors there.

AnneBoleyn;1440136 wrote: In the news photos shown here, many survivors can be seen covering their noses & mouths with either their hands or cloth. It was explained why this was done by telling the Truth.


Not even about Truth, but to bring you there.

AnneBoleyn;1440136 wrote: IMO, we should always know the truth where the news is concerned. It helps to explain the shock & horror the survivors are feeling. It's the real thing & IMO we should not be protected against reality.


If it ain't the real thing then the concept of news reporting is a farce.

Change the channel.


AnneBoleyn;1440136 wrote: "Does the BBC have to make comments about the stench of death in the air when reporting in the Phillipines?"

Yes because the stench is overwhelming. A tragedy should not be masked. IMO, of course.


Anne, so glad when we agree.:-2:guitarist

along-for-the-ride;1440140 wrote: We can tell just by the photos and news videos taken there how truly terrible the effects of the storm is on the survivors there.


umm NO

I demur.

tude dog;1440142 wrote: umm NO

I demur.


I do too AFTR. I find humans have to be clonked over the head sometimes or else they will just ignore stuff. Not you & theia, obviously.

AnneBoleyn;1440136 wrote: In the news photos shown here, many survivors can be seen covering their noses & mouths with either their hands or cloth. It was explained why this was done by telling the Truth.

IMO, we should always know the truth where the news is concerned. It helps to explain the shock & horror the survivors are feeling. It's the real thing & IMO we should not be protected against reality. Change the channel.

"Does the BBC have to make comments about the stench of death in the air when reporting in the Phillipines?"

Yes because the stench is overwhelming. A tragedy should not be masked. IMO, of course.


I'm really surprised that you think we should always know the truth where the news is concerned...do you really believe that the news is the truth? Yes, of course there

will be some elements that are true, the rest is perception, opinion and, in some cases, dramatic effect.

Turn over the channel? In effect that's telling me not to express my opinion! I often switch channels if I don't like the programme I'm watching. If I feel strongly about the way in which a programme is presented, I continue to watch in order to voice my opinion.

My opinion is as useless or as valuable as anyone else's. No opinion is the truth. But, to suggest that I should not continue to watch a programme because I don't like the way it's presented and hence not to express my opinion on it, is, quite frankly, crass.

So, then, when reporting on a auto accident, the news should display the broken twisted bodies, and blood-spattered vehicles, to make sure that they are giving their viewers the truth?

And always, the reporter should comment in detail, on the injuries and and cause of death. Same with shootings and boating accidents and the like.

Sorry, I have cleaned up after many such events, and the details are forever a part of my memories. I don't really need to know about all that, each time, and I can assure you that most people would rather not be that well informed.

Though I get where the reporters are coming from. What they are witnessing is horrible, and they feel the need to express that horror to the public at large.

There is a fine line between telling the whole story, and minding the human sensibility. Not all of us are on the same side of that line.



Besides, by the way, covering your mouth with a cloth will help keep the dust out of your system, and offer some protection from infection, but it really does not keep the smell out.

You need to have some camphor, or Eucalyptus oil or the like to help with that.

LarsMac;1440169 wrote: So, then, when reporting on a auto accident, the news should display the broken twisted bodies, and blood-spattered vehicles, to make sure that they are giving their viewers the truth?


Often news agencies do no broadcast video/pictures of tragic events, but will describe the event. Obviously as of now we are spared delivery of odors.

I respect AFTR's attitude. My wife is a big animal rights person who really cares about animal suffering. I learned to not mention somethings I see lest it upset her.

theia;1440149 wrote: I'm really surprised that you think we should always know the truth where the news is concerned...do you really believe that the news is the truth? Yes, of course there

will be some elements that are true, the rest is perception, opinion and, in some cases, dramatic effect.

Turn over the channel? In effect that's telling me not to express my opinion! I often switch channels if I don't like the programme I'm watching. If I feel strongly about the way in which a programme is presented, I continue to watch in order to voice my opinion.

My opinion is as useless or as valuable as anyone else's. No opinion is the truth. But, to suggest that I should not continue to watch a programme because I don't like the way it's presented and hence not to express my opinion on it, is, quite frankly, crass.


I went out of my way, theia, to continuously say "IMO" in the hopes you would not think I was criticizing you. Obviously, I failed.

Lars, auto accidents are unfortunately too common. If one drives every day, particularly in populated areas, chances are you will see about one accident each day, although hopefully not always fatal. This typhoon, on the other hand, is major earth news, Millions of people were affected. Millions might be suffering. This is the big thing. It's the largest recorded storm in history. Because of climate change will this one day too become the norm? We must be prepared of horrors we face; we should be acutely aware of how the Filipinos are suffering, down to the last detail.

IMO