Shereen: Tenth anniversary of 9/11
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| 12:54 UK time, Monday, 12 September 2011
This week's programme was broadcast on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and emotions were running high in the studio. and were talking about some of the most poignant images and personal stories from the week's media coverage.
But , who's American, was upset by the media's need to pick over every detail of the tragedy and the constant repeated images of the Twin Towers burning. She hasn't been able to watch any of it and feels some of the coverage has bordered on treating it like some kind of tasteless disaster movie. She thinks the respectful thing to do would be to stop showing these pictures and let people move on with their lives. I have some sympathy with her view. I can't help thinking what it must be like for the families, particularly the children, of those who died, to be constantly subjected to these pictures run on a loop just to fill time on twenty four hour news bulletins.
For me one of the most moving accounts of the week was from a child whose father was killed in the attacks. She remembered looking out of her bedroom window that night to see all the neighbours linking arms, forming a human chain around their house to keep the news crews away. Let's hope they go away now.
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