Thursday, April 8, 2010

RE: A Question of Journalistic Ethics - When a hero is not a hero



Reading this article was definitely really shocking in my opinion. There is a lot of miss communication when it comes to this article and it is such a tragedy how this fire fighter died. Knowing that the fire fighter was drunk during his job should not take away the label of him being a hero because he devoted himself into saving lives.

It's a bad thing to know that the firefighter was drunk during his work period but i believe that we shouldn't blame him for anything. Sure he shouldn't have drank during his job but we should pray for him and let him rest in peace. He tried to do his job and we should just leave it to that.

This sort of news should not be given out to the public. When it comes to autopsies, the news should be given to the people that matter the most, which is their families. It is up to them to decide whether they should give more news to the public or not. If they do decide to give it out to the public they should not remember the bad, but also the good of what the firefighter did for them.

Firefighters are heroes, none the else and it was just unfortunate that he was drinking on the job. You can't judge a person by these sorts of things and the best thing to do is just let him rest in peace. Let's pay respect for all of his service.

1 comment:

  1. I agree that the death of this man should have been taken more respectively, but I think the public has a right to know what might have contributed to his death no matter how it makes him look. He is still a hero in my eyes

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