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Whitby Free Press, 20 Jan 1972, p. 5

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contlnued from Page li During the warln Vietnam there have been many -atrocities committed by both si des but was i t necessary to show the se atrocitieson television? Was it neces- sarv toshow a picture of a soldier with his pistol at the head of a north Viet- namese ready to execute him on the spot ? Would flot mentioning the incident have been enough ? \Was the picture border ing on se ns ationalism ln news reporting? Death insensitive Recently news team s have been on the s p ot s ooner and w ith better coverage than ever before. ln Japan a hotel fire claimed overî150 1ives and on television theviewer could watch the victims hurl themselves ta their deaths from the win- -dows in an effort ta escape the flames. Prejudice Shortly after the end of the war be- tween India and Pakistan therewere tel- evision scenes showing a group of lnd- l ans beating to death a Pakistani. The ho r r or of that scene was frightening. How many people grew to hate Indians f or w h at they saw on their television sets that night? Only afew days ago in Baton Rouge, Louis lana, a demonstration turned into ariot that left two Policemen dead, two demonstrators dead and scores injured. Once again the television cameras and ph ot ographers were r ight on the spot show ing the actual shooting. In fact, on e news reporter was savagely beat- en. How close should the viewer be to the heart of the news? The question which i s being asked rnoreoften today is, "WVas it good news coverage or just bad tat? It's up to you Onl1y t he people to whom the news coverage is aimed can answer the ques- tion of responsibil1ity. The viewers, the readers and the 1listeners are faced wi th a problem. How do you define Respon- sible News Reporting? Continued from Page 3 in the th i rt ies if he had ta start over again today. 1 donit believe it! Thomp- s on is t he oaId school type and today it's the young, wel l-educated type that' s going to make it. The one thought that keeps nagging me is what is Thompson going ta do with ail thatmoney? Hecan't take it wvith him an d there i s more than.enough ta keep hi s heirsin comfor foraàthousand year s. OnIy $11 After displaying his wvallet contain- i ng o nl1y $1 1, Thompson was bragging howv he got $85 toappear on Pierre Berton's s h ow one t im e when ail1 the other guests were only paid a dollar. He e ven mentioned how mu c h he was getting to appear on Front Page Chal- 1lenge. 1Imay be misjudging the oldBaron but as near as I can tell, ail he thinks about i s money. He seems the exact op p osite of Col. Sam McLaughl in who WHITBY FREE PRESS, Thursday, January 2Oth, 1972e Page 5 1 1ivedi graciously but shared his good real11y knock the Baron,' Lord Thomp sor fortune asmuch as he could. Sam nev- e r struck me as p en ny pinching whil e of Fieet. He set out to be a success, an< T h omp s on seems to be that type even through h ard work and a lot of 1luck he with ail Nis millions. You can't knock the Baron Penny pinching or not, you canl t n1 d made It and could you or 1 ask for any- thing more?.. Kin LotterylL tickets may be purchased from the tollowlng authorized sales outiets. ÀA&T Motors Limited BroghonMotors Bell Drafting & Reproductions Ltd. Champlain Printers Limited Disney Motors Limited Gus Brown Motors Limited McTedgue Electric Limited Scott Peters Typesetting Ltd. Victoria & Grey Trust Whitby Cleaners Limited Enclosed please find my cheque/money order for tckets at *$2,00 each. Make cheques payable to "Kin Lottery" and mail t o: Kin Lottery, Box 1779, Cornwall, Ontario I namne * address -a pt. *City prov. IKin Lottery is icenced by the Province of Ontario = 17171. 1

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