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

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[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?
 
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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?
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.

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.