Can news media be held responsible for crimes?

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You know those commercials that say "Serial killer on the loose more at 10:00pm" or "A brush fire and suspicious letters in a ***** county neighborhood more at 6:00" Shouldn't this information be told immediately? One day someone can be killed, because they can't watch the news at that time. It makes me mad, because my safety is threatened when they want to wait until 10pm to tell us this.

Can the media be held responsible for crimes they refuse to report to the people, causing more injuries.

Also doesn't it make you kinda agitated that they say this?
 
that's the most ridiculous thing i've heard. the media is making it known what problems and trouble makers are out there. if you're so worried about it and can't wait until 10pm get online and check out the local news early.

that sounds silly to say the media should be responsible for crime because they don't air the program until 10pm.
 
No.

By logically stretching this then, if it IS put on the news and someone does NOT watch it, then that person should be responsible for a crime if they happened to see the criminal but failed to recognize him by reason of their willful failure to watch the news...

Egads...
 
i dont think so that they responsible.....
i m not sure abt it i think yesss maybe ok i m not sure...
 
Wow, you're way off base. How is it their responsibility to educate you? In case of an actual emergency, they have a system set up for that.
 
In most cases where there is information that is deemed to be immediately important to public safety, the news will interrupt the regular programming to provide that information. And this would often result from the police or some other emergency organization informing the media that there is an imminent threat to public safety.

Furthermore, the media has a responsibility to be careful about over emphasizing news for fear it could cause a panic. Also, if they barge into regular programming too often to provide "important" information, they run the risk of minimizing the importance of those emergency broadcasts.
 
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