No I don't think it is fair because that is what the media is for, to give us information about current events. Yes it is sad for the families and even myself who has no ties to anyone killed... But they are just doing their jobs.

How many times do they need to show the video before it becomes salacious violence. Yes it is the publics right to have the news and usually I think that the American media tends to try to protect the public too much. I think that if the victims families get together and ask for the video to b be stopped after so many showings the Media should comply with their wishes. When my son was killed I never saw any news coverage at all because I did not have the TV set on in the house, nor when the trial was in progress.

Here's my view on it: I understand the pain and grief of what these guys are going through. I understand the pain of sudden loss. But 1, I believe that by showing us some of the footage he had sent in, we got to see what he was like before going on his rampage. Maybe that could save other people's lives. Maybe someone will recognize what Cho's behaviors were and see it in someone else, and maybe stop what could be a terrible tragedy. Sure, there is a point at which there can be too much, but if there is that info out there, it should be shown. Look at it this way, the families of the soldiers in Iraq- do they have the right to ask that the media not show what is going on over there, because they lost a loved one? What about when Columbine happened? From now on, can we not show what happens at the site of someone's death because that family member or person doesn't want to feel the pain? Yes, the pain of a loved one is great. It's horrible to feel that pain. I DO know what that feels like. No, I've never had to bury a child, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. But the point of the matter is, the world doesn't stop for a single person. Sad as that fact may be. As hard as that may seem, it's true. When I die, the world does still turn. I personally did not have any direct ties to anyone at Virginia Tech, so I may be biased, but I still don't think it's "fair". Yes, it was played too much. But to not have showed it at all, would have been the bigger crime.

My heart goes out to them, and I don't think this needs to keep being repeated on mainstream channels, but I am afraid this is not a thing they have the right to ask. Society is in my opinion drifting in a dangerous direction by allowing victims, and victim's relatives, more and more of a say in the legal process. This is quite a principle in parts of the Muslim world, I believe, and the Japanese can take "condolence payments" into account when sentencing. I believe this is an utter perversion of justice. Justice should be calm, objective, uninvolved, and unemotional. Those who have personally suffered from the crime are the very last people who can make any sort of calm fair judgement, and are therefore the LAST people whose views should be taken into account, not the first. The tragedy is that the media, always concerned only for the sensational and the hysterical, take exactly the opposite view because it can make them money, and in my opinion the feelings they whip up are liable to damage the judicial process. I would like to see everybody related to the victim banned from public pronouncements until a year after the event, or the completion of the trial if that is later. It would be better for many of them, too. I think they are beginning to feel pressure that if they don't appear on TV to sing the praises of their loved ones, and to demand greatest possible punishment for the accused, they are somehow letting that person's memory down . Imagine feeling such appearances were your duty, at such a terrible stressful time. Wouldn't it be better if no-one could do it, so no-one else could feel any pressure to do it too ?

Just a short quick answer from me, The parents views should be taken into account, Its been shown now, we dont need to see it anymore. Time to stop showing it if thats what they want.

Unfortunately the media is going to play video thats popular and what sells. VT was the hottest thing on TV at the time and the video of the killer doing his psychotic rant was absolute gold for all the news media. This comes at a price and it's at the expense of the victims families.