Cameras lingering on the aftermath of accidents: Informative and Reassuring, or Tasteless and Unnecessary?

[Gigs_98]

[Moderator's note: the first 95 posts in this thread were moved from discussion on 4th/5th April of the incident on stage 4 of the Itzulia]


Can they please not put a camera on clearly seriously injured people?

 

[Brullnux]

Can they please not put a camera on clearly seriously injured people?

I agree, there's no real need to zoom in on someone prone on the ground assisted my paramedics.

 

[Offline]

Stop filming! wtf his fam are watching

 

[Brullnux]

Are there not normally broadcasting rules around this kind of thing?

 

[houtdffan]

Are there not normally broadcasting rules around this kind of thing?

havnt seen this type of ghoulish imagery since the Senna death 30 years ago

 

[Brullnux]

havnt seen this type of ghoulish imagery since the Senna death 30 years ago

Thus is crazy... it's as if the broadcasters are trying to get a penalty or a fine of some kind? Maybe Spain doesn't have the same rules?

 

[glassmoon]

even slow motions of the riders on the stretchers ffs...?

 

[slim charles]

Ffs they are not only showing the pictures of injured riders, they are doing slow motion of that...

 

[Netserk]

Are there not normally broadcasting rules around this kind of thing?

I think it's fine that some broadcasters wouldn't show this.

I also think it's fine if some would.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sounds like I did the right thing by not extending my Discovery+ subscription when it ran out last week

 

[Brullnux]

I think it's fine that some broadcasters wouldn't show this.

I also think it's fine if some would.

I disagree really, it's just morbid and insensitive. It's not really a matter of free expression.

 

[noob]

We can't complain on the broadcast while watching it, no?

 

[saunaking]

Ffs they are not only showing the pictures of injured riders, they are doing slow motion of that...

TUrn it off and stop crying.
Some of us have no problem with the coverage. Its nothing excessive.
God forbid we should actually see what is happening

 

[kingjr]

TUrn it off and stop crying.
Some of us have no problem with the coverage. Its nothing excessive.
God forbid we should actually see what is happening

That weird music they're playing during some of the slow-mos seems a bit out of place though.

 

[jaylew]

TUrn it off and stop crying.
Some of us have no problem with the coverage. Its nothing excessive.
God forbid we should actually see what is happening

Exactly. All the people complaining about them showing the footage of the crash are watching it.

If it bothers you so much you can easily turn the channel. They haven't showed anything that shouldn't be shown on TV imo.

 

[Netserk]

That weird music they're playing during some of the slow-mos seems a bit out of place though.

I hate it too, but it's something they do for all their replays over the past years.

 

[Ricco']

Exactly. All the people complaining about them showing the footage of the crash are watching it.

If it bothers you so much you can easily turn the channel. They haven't showed anything that shouldn't be shown on TV imo.

I guess with varies with the person, but for some it may be more reassuring to be able to see what is going on.

Just catched a tweet from Arensman's father where he is saying that for them it was reassuring to be able to see live what was going on with their son when he crashed in the Vuelta.

If I was Vingo's or Vine's relative and could see on TV that they were conscious and moving, I guess I would prefer to see that replayed a million times than to see the picture cut away from it - when it happens, that is when we know is really serious.

 

[Danskebjerge]

i dont get this. its a sport, people get hurt. nobody is dead. why are the commentators making such a big deal about racing on here? kirby doesn't want to see the podiums. go sit in the garden and watch the flowers grow then if this is so upsetting.

True - if the race continues, the commentary should continue. It's the name of the game. But I guess it's all about psychology and rhetoric in situations like this.

 

[slim charles]

TUrn it off and stop crying.
Some of us have no problem with the coverage. Its nothing excessive.
God forbid we should actually see what is happening

Slapping highlights music on the footage of the crash, showing slow motion of loading immobilized injured riders in the ambulances is 'nothing excessive'?

It is simply tasteless. And you sound more like crying than anything about footage that was written.

 

[noob]

If a loved one is in the ditch I'd rather watch it than not? How else am I gonna know what's happening and feel at least a tinge of closeness to that person? I can't call them or get report from the sight, but there's people filming so I can follow.

 

[noob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775908080212930670

View: https://twitter.com/HansenAdam/status/1775908080212930670


Seems we're all different.

 

[Keldergoat]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775908080212930670

View: https://twitter.com/HansenAdam/status/1775908080212930670


Seems we're all different.

Quite a different point of view of a Father who actually saw his son crashing in last year's Vuelta. No right or wrong here, but from a human point of view I get the point completely that Arensman's father makes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775906911134663082

View: https://twitter.com/mwarensman/status/1775906911134663082

 

[noob]

Quite a different point of view of a Father who actually saw his son crashing in last year's Vuelta. No right or wrong here, but I get the point completely that Arensman's father here makes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775906911134663082

View: https://twitter.com/mwarensman/status/1775906911134663082

Arensman's father reacting exactly like me! Showing it IS compassion.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Re: filming riders after a bad crash - I completely understand any riders/family members who are deeply uncomfortable with it, but I also completely understand those who want to see what's happened to their loved one. Which means that there isn't a clearly right or wrong solution. Ideally, every rider would be given the choice to opt out of being filmed after a bad crash, and then producers would rely on a list of who they can't film in such a situation, but between privacy and practical concerns I'm not sure whether that's achievable in practice.

 

[postmanhat]

Quite a different point of view of a Father who actually saw his son crashing in last year's Vuelta. No right or wrong here, but from a human point of view I get the point completely that Arensman's father makes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775906911134663082

View: https://twitter.com/mwarensman/status/1775906911134663082

I think there is a wrong, and is Hansen's view. The only people that matter in these situations are close relatives and I imagine most would want to see how their loved ones are. The fact that the rest of us are also seeing it is irrelevant.