HORROR OF THE DAILY DISPATCH FRONT PAGE OF THE DEAD BABY
Was the daily Dispatch wrong or right in publishing of the photo of a dead baby?
It was really shocking to see the picture of a dead baby in the dirt bin ,rotten on the front of the newspaper. I think it was not a bad idea to publish that picture on the front page of the newspaper because I believe journalists have to report the story the way it is , they don’t have to change the meaning of the story and picture have to tell story by simple looking at it.
I know it will cause pain to the family of a dead baby when they look at the photo it was another way to expose those state mortuaries in the Eastern Cape area instead of helping the community ,they are doing the opposite dumping dead babies in dirty bins .
This picture have made everyone to talk about this issue ,also created debates on social networks like facebook and twitter and this also made Eastern Cape government to seriously attend the case. So yes publishing this photo was right because dumping of babies is a challenge that we are facing all over South Africa so one way or another it have to be addressed and when stories like this got published that’s when government official decide to act on the matter!
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