I'm surprised that this hasn't been brought up here (or I missed it...or maybe I'm the only one who finds this somewhat fascinating...) but:
Somewhat graphic image; work friendlyPHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudHJiaW1nLmNvbS9pbWctNTBiZTk0NmIvdHVyYmluZS9sYS1uYS1ubi1ueS1wb3N0LWNvdmVyLXRyYWluLWRlYXRoLTIwMTIxMjA0LTAwMS82MDAiIGFsdD0iaW1hZ2UiLz48L3A+
This was the cover of the December 4th edition of the New York Post.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-nn-ny-post-cover-train-death-20121204,0,7858527.story
The above link story if you don't want to go to a new site. However, the quotation marks have turned into question marks so that might be slightly 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A simple question: Is this right? Is a picture like this appropriate to be put in a newspaper (let alone the cover)?
Now personally, I think this is going too far. It's one thing if it's something that is actually affecting people but the only people this is going to be affecting is the direct people involved. There is absolutely no reason I can think of why this was put on the cover except to exploit the situation and sell a ton of newspapers. With that said, some of our most powerful photographs in history have been far more brutal than this (example: The Vietnam General being executed; The Twin Towers on fire).
Just curious what others may be thinking about this...
STORY UPDATE: Since a few people have asked, the alleged "pusher" has been found and charged with second-degree murder. It's not first-degree (yet) because the prosecutors don't believe he intended to kill Han but had "depraved indifference" after he shoved him into the tracks.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/suspected-subway-pusher-charged-murder/story?id=17886112#.UMCbTINZXF0