NBC and the rest of us in the media have received a lot of criticism for releasing the video and pictures sent by Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung Hui.
Critics say that the video victimizes the Virginia Tech students, faculty and parents again. They say it could even lead to copycat crimes on college campuses.
Like virtually every media outlet, Northwest NewsChannel 8 used the Cho video in stories yesterday and this mor...
11:42 AM Thu, Apr 19, 2007 | Permalink Teresa Bell
KGW Northwest Newschannel 8 has chosen not to show any more of the video or still photos on TV that Cho Seung-Hui sent to NBC news. We will only air any of this material if it is relevant to future stories.
We believe the public interest in using this material has been served and there is no good journalistic reason to use it further.
Rick Jacobs
Assistant News Director
Northwest Newschannel 8
