In the media, there are many different situations that have a very fine line defining what is ethically correct and what is done. Sometimes that line is not as thin. When I was looking for an article for this post, I came across a story about a woman who had shot and killed an FBI Agent. Judging by the title, it seemed to me that this woman shot an Agent but upon further reading the story is much different. The title makes this woman seem like she is guilty and that there weren't any circumstances, like there were, that could mean she was not guilty of murder. As the article continues, it explains that this woman is claiming that the FBI Agent entered her house without announcing himself and she thought she was being robbed so she shot him in self defense. She claimed that she feared for her and her children's lives. She was on the phone with a 911 operator as she was being arrested.
It seems to me that to include someone's name in a case such as this from the start is crossing the line from deserving to know the source or accused in a case. From what the story says this is an innocent woman who was protecting her children from "an intruder" but in reality it was an FBI Agent. If she truly did not know it was the FBI and she was really just shooting in self defense, this article will make her seem a terrible person in the public eye. It seems to me that because she is not a threat to anyone anymore and it is not clear the exact circumstances, destroying this woman's life and name is not what Fox News needed to do.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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