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Jadespring2/17/2011 6:26:05 am PST

re: #35 Ericus58

Truthfully, there is no reason for CNN to blur the faces of those in the photo.
As the article rightly points out, the photo had been distributed widely previous to their airing of it and being in a public area there is no constraint.

Sure - some will howl at the moon about this. But, CNN frankly acted in a head-scratching way.

No they actually followed some basic journalistic ethics. The stuff you learn at the foundational level. The stuff that journalism is letting fall by the wayside in search of infotainment and the bucks.

Just because other outlets didn’t do it doesn’t mean that other outlets shouldn’t.