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Video Nation: A 38-year-old man drowned off Ocean City, Md., in July, trying to save his two sons from a rip current. Two men from a nearby parasailing boat had jumped in to help and could have used more assistance, one said, except that the boat's passengers declined, with several more concerned with video-recording the drowning. [KMGH-TV (Denver)-AP, 7-25-07]
As a 27-year-old woman lay dying from a stab wound incurred at a Wichita, Kan., convenience store, in June, at least five customers stepped over her to enter the store, including one who stopped to photograph her on a cell phone camera. [Tampa Tribune-AP, 7-4-07]
Vaughn Tolle said:
Is this the natural result of the "hungry for anything we can put on the air" news networks, and then, by extension, the local media? To forward a photo, video, etc., of some event and see one's name as the person responsible obviously has great appeal. See how successful the local weather folks are by their appeal to "forward" storm photos whenever there's a severe weather alert. The fifteen minutes of fame overcoming general societal and personal responsibility seems to be an increasing factor in our society.
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