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New York Post's Subway Death Photo: Was It Ethical Photojournalism?

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When a news photographer witnesses a tragedy in the making, is his obligation to intervene or to document it? That question has cropped up anew following the New York Post's publication, on its front page, of a photo taken moments after a man was pushed onto subway tracks, and moments before he was hit and killed by an oncoming train.

 

Mother pushes daughter out of train's path but can't save herself

Mother pushes daughter out of train's path but can't save herself

A Riverside woman pushing her 2-year-old in a stroller is killed by a train near her home Saturday. The stroller was twice lodged on the tracks, but the woman pushed her daughter out of the way. A Riverside woman died Saturday evening as she struggled to push a baby stroller over a gated railroad crossing and was struck by a passing train.

Senh: This is very sad. It's just bad judgement and unnecessary.

 

Possible bomb found after train hits woman

A police bomb squad was investigating the discovery of a suspicious device found near the body of a woman who was struck and killed by a freight train near a northwest Seattle park.

 

Train kills 3 teen girls crossing Florida bridge

Train kills 3 teen girls crossing Florida bridge

Three teenage girls were joking around and taking pictures on a narrow bridge in a Florida town when they were hit by a train, ...

 

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