Diversity Issues in Journalism > Images > Images of death

Would you publish these pictures?

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According to a survey by the Associated Press Managing Editors, 41 percent of readers and journalists would have published the top photo on the front page of a newspaper.

Regarding the other photo, 38 percent of respondents would have published it on the front page of a newspaper.

If the victims had been white Americans, do you think the responses would have been the same?

Is race a factor in the publication decision? Or does physical distance between the event and a newspaper's place of publication play a larger role in determining what is an acceptable image?