We aired a clip that blurred faces but still showed a grieving family's home. It technically met editorial guidelines - but it felt wrong. Do we hide behind the word "legal" to avoid talking about what is ethical?

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Sadly. Engagement is king, and those stories drive a ton of it. Look at how the true crime genre has exploded over the past 10-15 years. It strikes me as ghoulish, but there's no denying its popularity.

Exactly. Morality lost the fight the moment “viewer retention” became the north star. We have turned grief into engagement metrics.

In a bit of an ethical dilemma with that, too. Our stories are more and more grim, and just because it’s technically fair use or legal, it doesn’t always feel “right” in what’s included. There are a lot of avenues out there that can still tell a story.

Yep. That is the truth. As long as they aren’t liable, there isn’t much more thought given to it.

Clicks started being more important than morality

Clicks killed conscience. The headline wrote itself.

That is such a valid point. Legal and ethical are not the same. Just because we can air something does not always mean we should.

Yes, but try explaining that to the execs staring at analytics dashboards like they are commandments.

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