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Does it bother you seeing Amish people plastered all over the papers, internet, and news? |
In response to the shooting in Lancaster County, I have seen multiple photos and film clips with the Amish plastered all over the media. These people are dealing with enough trauma, it is unthinkable to me that in our news coverage, we have to capture them on film so blatantly, which goes against Amish beliefs. Of course some pics and video is going to get an individual in the background and there are some creative ways to get pictures such as in silhouette. But CNN.com (and they aren't the only ones) has a closeup of an Amish man talking to someone right on the FRONT PAGE! And other media features closeups of Amish children playing, and Amish bystanders at the school milling around consoling each other. I think this is horribly disrespectful. Please reporters and photographers...show some tact. It bothers me a lot. I spent several years living in Pennsylvania Dutch country and have profound respect for these people. It seems that every news source is showing multiple pictures of grieving family and friends. Perhaps the Amish are too distraught to voice their objections but the local media knows better and someone from the major national news outlets like CNN and MSN should have pulled the pictures before they were shown. At the very least before they were shown the tenth time. I hate it when they show Muslim women without their veils (the ones who obviously always wear one and are uncomfortable without it). I suppose they feel they can afford to offend the Amish, after all they don't watch tv or use computers. they might have some non ahmish friends or family who appreciate being informed and seeing there loved one is ok. If you ask an Amish, which of the following is a greater problem: 1) having 4 innocent girls killed for no reason 2) pictured which one dya think they'll choose. I mean come on here, 4 innocent girls are dead and ure talking about being videotaped or pictured violating a respectable principle. Besides, I'm sure the Amish know that they're not being photographed to take advantage of them or to put them down in any way. And I'm confident that if the Amish community asks a crew not to take a picture or a video tape, they'll respect that. the news media is telling a story about a crime here, and I haven't seen excessive videos or pictures when compared to other news worthy reports. It doesn't bother me with the amish particularly, what irks me is the way the media overplays any world event and shows horrible scenes of human tragedy for long periods of time. September 11th is a similar situation, although much worse. Media will follow horrible events because people like too see and hear about the horrible events that happen in the world. Too answer your question yes it does bother me, just like ay other event that the media will exploit. The pictures don't bother me, the violent act against innocent children does. While it is awful what happened in that community today, the Amish cannot have it both ways. If you want to get technical about it, the Amish don't pay taxes (due to their religious affiliation) so they are not entitled to Police services. Should they not be allowed Police, EMS, or Fire services in times of crisis? There is a large Amish community on the outskirts of my city, and I frequently see dozens of Amish people shopping at the same grocery store I shop at. The Amish believe in only growing their own food, yet they fill carts with Mountain Dew and Fruit Loops. They don't believe in having electricity, yet they have cellphones (how are they charging them) and buy light bulbs in bulk. They don't pay taxes, yet use city services and tear up the roads with the horse and buggy traffic. This is America in the 21st century. Enough rules, laws and conveniences have been granted that you or I certainly aren't afforded. I think they can deal with some photographs. Besides, I am sure they were more concerned about the tragedy in that schoolhouse. I am NOT misinformed about the taxes. They are tax exempt for sales tax, property taxes, and income tax. Many here have construction jobs for local home builders and do not have taxes taken out of their paychecks. My knowledge on the subject comes from a friend that grew up Amish and left at 16, and my sister who works in the County Auditor's Office. We also had to learn "Amish sensitvity" in school because there are so many Amish communities in this area. I'm not misinformed just because I don't agree with you! That's a good point, but it's a news story. I'm pretty sure that when a bomb blows up in Iraq the journos don't ask the bystanders if they would like to be on CNN or not, even though some Muslims feel the same way about photographs of people as the Amish do. That being said, I think the journos could get their stories, and show some sensitivity at the same time. |
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