Standards

Like everyone else, I want the Bills’ Damar Hamlin to recover. What I don’t get is the media’s reluctance to show the tackle that caused Hamlin’s injury during Monday night’s Bills-Bengals’ game. Videos of crimes and accidents are shown all the time on the news, without any concern for the privacy of victims. Several months ago, Chicago news outlets couldn’t stop from showing—and showing—video showing a young man struggling with an attacker, who then shot him. Why show one incident and not the other? I’m not venturing a theory here, because I don’t have one. But I do think there needs to be a policy that’s both consistent and transparent.