A lady named ‘Michelle’ just posted to an article on KTVZ.COM: “It is really disgusting that the family of the person in this vehicle is forced to look at this. I wish the media had an ounce of courtesy, you can give the news with out these type of pictures!!”
Ah, Michelle, life – and death – can be really ‘digusting’ at times. But maybe, just MAYBE, a large photo of a violent crash will make someone stop and think before they put pedal to the metal and try to pass someone on a busy two-lane highway.
We’ll never know. But we can hope.
Leave it to Barney 
I saw the photos myself — they are pretty severe. But if I’d had a family member killed in an auto accident, the last thing I would be doing is wandering over to the local tv station website to check out the coverage.
The more interesting point I’d like to see you address was raised last week with the bicycle fatality. The question came up as to the wisdom of broadcasting images of Keith Moon’s damaged bike before the PD had released his name — perhaps, though perhaps not, before his family had been notified.
Any thoughts on that one?
We were told by police the family had been notified before we went on-air. (By the way, at 11 last night our competitors ran what must have been two minutes of video of yesterday’s crash, repeating it from every angle except the air. I thought that was a bit much, but again – it’s a judgment call.)