An Argument For Not Taking Down Horrific Videos

A few days ago, we posted a story that asked whether posting horrific videos online served a legitimate journalistic purpose; some images that are shocking in their violence are now routinely available, including and especially the recent video of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive. Matthew Ingram writes at GigaOm that, whatever you think of the motives or results of the traditional news media showing such videos or choosing not to, there's good reason for social media sites not to reflexively remove such content.

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[epyT-R]

That's what fairy tales are for. Shielding your kids from reality just turns them into weak, spineless passive aggressive adults. You're the typical parent who thinks it's everyone else's job to shield whatever it is you don't like from your kids.