To think that pic of the bare-tummied lady should not have been used?

[Chestnut99]

I am appalled at how many newspapers and websites have used the pic of the poor lady in an open yellow jacket/blouse who is sitting on a bench, dazed and in shock with her buttons blown off and her bra and tummy showing (Evening Standard yesterday, front page of today's Times etc etc). The least we can do for a victim of hideous terrorist attacks is respect her dignity, not plaster her over the media.

The Daily Mail has gone one further by finding a reason to repeat the pic today in a special "human interest" article naming her and telling us what her job is.

I would be utterly appalled if my own state of traumatised shock was taken advantage of in the same way, before I had come round and realised I was half dressed and showing my underwear. Shame on them all.

I'm not going to link to the pic because that will just make it worse. I am not usually particularly outspoken but I have complained to IPSO - //www.ipso.co.uk - about this because it intrudes on her privacy and her shock.

Poor woman - and poor Belgium

[Peppaismyhomegirl]

After the Tunisia atrocities, a local woman was looking for her mother via social media Ect. There was a photograph on the front of a lot of the news outlets of a body on the beach with the face pixilated. She recognised the bikini. That's how she found out her mother had been murdered. There should be a law against the use of these images. Disgusting

[Cherryberry1]

I completely agree.

[magratsflyawayhair]

I couldn't agree more.

[BoffinMum]

Yup, dignity trial by media is not the deal

[EponasWildDaughter]

Jesus. I'm afraid i had to google it as i didn't know the pic.

That's awful! The poor woman looks as if her feet are burned (one shoe gone) and she looks totally dazed and unaware of her situation/surroundings. Her clothes have literally been blown off by the looks of things and it is utterly disrespectful to run this picture to sell bloody new papers.

[IdaJones]

YES. I totally agree. I just saw this on the front page of a paper on a newstand and have seen it used widely elsewhere. They should not have used it. Very unfair on the woman.

[MiffleTheIntrovert]

I thought this when I saw the photo, but then also thought of thenlater's point. It shows the atrocity and horror of what happened. I also thought of that photo (apologies I don't know the details and memory is hazy) of the child fleeing from napalm in Vietnam.

[Deux]

I so agree that this photograph should not have been published. Appalling to have her dignity stripped away like that.

In a different vein, I saw another photo of a couple embracing outside a building, perhaps it was the metro. The story went along the lines of 'isn't this heart warming'. But in the same photo to the left of the couple there's some poor soul covered in blood on the pavement, half sitting.

All I could think is why is no one helping the injured man? And how can that couple hug when just behind them is someone bloodied and injured.

I didn't find it heart warming at all.

[twentiethcenturybitch]

That was my first thought when i saw it yesterday. It should never have been used. I saw it on twitter and was shocked for her, but then really appalled at the big news stations picking it up.

[EdithWeston]

I dislike identifiable casualty pictures.

But since the picture of a naked Kim Phuc in 1972 came to define that conflict, I don't think they'll be going away.

[Spudlet]

I thought that too. Poor woman.

You start your day picking out an outfit, putting your makeup on, sorting your hair out, and next thing you know, you're being picked over by the human vultures of the Mail (et al).

[Willsee]

I totally agree. Poor poor woman.

And we don´t need to intrude into her pivacy to prove the point that this could happen to anyone, anywhere, any size, any age. We know that without adding to a poor woman`s shock.

[Shadow1986]

I agree. Just typical of the media though, they have so little respect in times like this. They've even shown pictures which have blood and I'd imagine, body parts in...but have blurred the little section of the photo, but you get the idea what's behind them.

[opioneers]

Totally. It's on the front cover of the Guardian today and I was going to write and complain. It's wrong in so many ways. But it's not about her size or her stomach - her bra is showing ffs. How in any way is that acceptable?

And I don't think it's fair to compare it with the woman after 9/11 who was covered in ash as she was completely unrecognisable. And fully clothed to boot.

[TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams]

If I'd nearly been blown up yesterday morning I doubt I'd give a toss that the world had seen my bra.

I don't think it was remotely gratuitous though I can't speak for how the DM have referenced the pic. No doubt it will feature there in current underwear colour trends at some point just because they are that thick.

It made me think that this was a perfectly normal woman going about her normal day when a terrorist attack literally blew up her world. Like all good journalism, it made me put myself in her shoes.

[chantico]

StillDrSethHazlittMD

I think that pic was in The Sun. And the (presumed) corpse was at such an angle that she or he could in no way be identified. Which is less intrusive than a shot of a casualty who can readily be recognised.

[Charlesroi]

No, it shouldn't have been used. The poor woman was injured and I doubt she knew which day of the week it was. She couldn't possibly have given informed consent.

I get that this stuff should be recorded for historical purposes, but there is no need to stick it on the front page of some click baiting rag right after the event. It shames us all IMO.

[Lifeisbeautiful2]

I know what you mean, I thought exactly the same.

[pigeonpoo]

I thought the same, poor lady

[WorraLiberty]

YANBU

My DS said the same last night when he saw it on the BBC News website. Then oddly, he refreshed the page and it had disappeared.

[WifeofDarth]

Agree. Was really shocked when I saw that image on the front of so many papers this morning. Not at all appropriate.
I guess they chose it because others were too graphic and gory. But no excuse

[Rosa]

I saw it once towards the start and thought the same thing. YANBU at all.

[ExplodingCarrots]

How bloody awful. The media can be utter twats in situations like this. I had to turn the news off yesterday morning because I was so mad. Not long after the attack happened they were there with the camera trying to stop people and asking if they saw anything. These people probably moments ago witnessed something awful and were terrified and traumatised and they were being harassed by journalists.

[Nanny0gg]

The photo was actually taken by a woman, apparently - Georgian journalist Ketevan Kardava (according to the Mail - sorry).

She took the photograph of the two women, one who has since been identified as Indian air stewardess Nidhi Chaphekar, which has come to symbolise the terror attack at the airport.