To think that repeatedly showing the moment when two helicopters collided is just taking 'news' too far?

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I'm talking about the dreadful accident in Argentina during filming of the reality tv show in which 10 people lost their lives.
I think it's horrific and utterly unnecessary to show the footage of the crash on every bulletin both yesterday and today. That is the last few seconds of 10 people's lives ffs. It's hugely intrusive imo and just taking our obsession with voyeuristic news further into the abyss in the same way Sky did with it's nosing around in the suitcases of dead air passengers last year. If they have to show it why not cut it immediately before the impact? Do they think we all have news or pity fatigue and can't sympathise or empathise with people unless we've actually seen their loved ones blown up in a mid air explosion? AIBU or is it just getting out of hand now?

I agree with you.

Absolutely right. Completely ghoulish and unnecessary.

Yes, it's horrible. Voyeuristic and disrespectful to the passengers and their families.

There was a huge backlash against the reporter who poked around in the suitcases last year, and he apologised profusely. But news outlets continue to be getting worse for this kind of reportage, not better.

YANBU

There's probably footage of inside both aircraft too.

YANBU. I sort of felt this way about showing the planes going into the WTC too, it's akin to watching snuff. I suppose with 9/11 there was the shock of such a huge event (which is not that case for this crash) but even so it felt unnecessary to show it over and over.

Glad it's not just me. It just seems so horribly disrespectful but also unnecessary. I'm quite sure if you asked 1000 people you might get 1 or 2 who think this adds anything to the reporting of such a tragic event.

YANBU. It really isn't necessary.

In the case of the 9/11 crashes, we didn't know what was happening at first and I don't think the impacts were routinely shown after that day. It's something I'd rather never have seen anyway.

I think it's in bad taste, but when you consider that the BBC insist on showing Jimmy Savile grinning with his cigar every time his crimes are mentioned, it pales into insignificance. How upsetting it must be for his victims to see his face leering out of the screen!