I didn't think you were or are taking an extreme view for the sake of agruement. I think you are presenting your perspective and as you have had experience in the matter, I give your thoughts weight. I may not agree with all your points or thoughts but I don't have to. I can disagree and still respect your opinions, because they are well thought out and borne from being there. You have a unique perspective on this, being a former, still are I should say, reporter.
This has been an interesting discussion, a weary one, but intersting none the less. I was going to say a lot more but this space and this forum right now is to limiting. I can only restate something I said at the very begining, It's a balancing act, and it always will be. Heath http://batmangeek.com --- In [email protected], Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes, i am taking an extreme view for sake of argument and of course i would > have been a horrible crime reporter had i been incapable of empathy. > however, i firmly believe that reporters deliver information as it happens > and it would have been unjournalistic of them not to show the public the > information they had on cho, including parts of the tapes. > > On 4/20/07, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From Wikipedia > > > > Empathy (from the Greek åìðÜèåéá, "to make suffer") is commonly > > defined as one's ability to recognize, perceive and directly > > experientially feel the emotion of another. As the states of mind, > > beliefs, and desires of others are intertwined with their emotions, > > one with empathy for another may often be able to more effectively > > define another's modes of thought and mood. Empathy is often > > characterized as the ability to "put oneself into another's shoes", > > or experiencing the outlook or emotions of another being within > > oneself, a sort of emotional resonance. > > > > From the artile Irina posted > > > > Scott North, reporter and assistant city editor for The Herald ( > > http://www.heraldnet.com/) (Everett, Wash.), adds: In the > > race to get it first, don't forget the long view. It often helps to > > think > > less about gathering fact and more about creating relationships. Some > > of the > > most insightful stories won't be told for days, weeks, months or, in > > some > > cases, years. > > > > Just thought it was interesting, while Scott may not be suggesting > > empathy in the purest sense, it sounds like elements of it, because > > you can not build a relationship without having some sort of bond. > > > > but maybe that's just me..... > > > > Heath > > http://batmangeek.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://geekentertainment.tv > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
