Should they have shown this??

[Freckle]

I was watching the breakfast news this morning on BBC1. They had a report about Amir Khan being knocked out in the first round of his fight last night.

They showed one punch to his head in slow motion and the effect on his head and face made me feel quite ill (am not normally squeamish). They then proceeded to show several more punches which knocked him down and him trying to get up but clearly unable to control his limbs. Was it really necessary to show this so graphically? Fortunately none of my children was in the room, but, if I found it distressing, how would it have affected a child? Showing those images did nothing to enhance the report at all.

Or am I being too picky??

[georgiemum]

Oh really? (did that sound disappointed?) I heard it on the radio - I thought it was pretty tasteless to show some poor woman swimming for her life!

[combustiblelemon]

To be fair you're probably right about them showing it Georgiemum, because she didn't know that they were no threat, so she probably was swimming for her life.

[LynetteScavo]

Boxing is seen as an acceptable sport by society in gerneral, which is why it was merrily shown on the news.

My personal view is that boxing is violent and unneccessary, and if this clip has shown boxing for what what it is, then good.

If warnings for "stong language" are given though, why not warnings for strong violence?

[Freckle]

Needless to say, despite ticking the box stating that I wanted a response to my complaint, I have heard nothing from the BBC. I did notice that, on the later news, the report had been cut considerably leaving out the more graphic film.