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The ethics of wildfire coverage 

Should this national news crew have transported a fire victim back to a burned home to film her discovering a dead relative?

Updated: September 8, 2022

Issue overview An article in the Christian Science Monitor, “Where should reporters draw the line in covering wildfires?,”  tells the story of an ABC News crew that drove a woman to a burned home where she looked for (and later found) her uncle’s burned body — before authorities could get there and with the cameras rolling. […]...

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