I find it a little distressing that news organizations are asking people to "post their own photos" of the crane that collapsed in NYC. Aren't there enough photos already? What could be accomplished by more voyeurism? I could understand if more photos would add to an understanding of the extent of the tragedy or elucidate more of what caused it. But there are enough photos of this particular incident without some neighbors showing off how they sat there and gawked. Then they are calling the people who post these photos "citizen journalists." Journalists find out things; don't just take and post 100 shots of a tragedy without adding to public understanding in some way.
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