Disturbed By Flood Photo

I WAS very disappointed in The Namibian on Thursday, January 15.

I have always regarded The Namibian as a quality paper providing

balanced and sensitive news messages.

Photographs published reflect this sensitiveness.

 

I therefore cannot understand why you have decided to publish

the photograph of the drowned woman on your front page.

 

I feel this shows an utter lack of respect for this woman and

her family.

 

I appreciate that you wanted to report on the floods hitting

Windhoek, but I am sure you had a choice of many photographs you

could have used instead.

 

I further recall that The Namibian published photographs of dead

people on its front page in the past, which also led to an outcry

of many of your readers.

 

I had hoped you had learned from these previous experiences and

I am therefore disappointed to see you have not taken the views of

many of your readers into consideration.

 

I hope you will this time.

 

- Daan Gerretsen - via email

 

Photographs published reflect this sensitiveness. I therefore

cannot understand why you have decided to publish the photograph of

the drowned woman on your front page. I feel this shows an utter

lack of respect for this woman and her family. I appreciate that

you wanted to report on the floods hitting Windhoek, but I am sure

you had a choice of many photographs you could have used instead. I

further recall that The Namibian published photographs of dead

people on its front page in the past, which also led to an outcry

of many of your readers. I had hoped you had learned from these

previous experiences and I am therefore disappointed to see you

have not taken the views of many of your readers into

consideration. I hope you will this time.- Daan Gerretsen - via

email

---