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Profane pictures?
I have a complaint about profane pictures.
I visit reuters.com with my family to read news together with my children.
We appreciate if the site continues to stay clean. Now we have started noticing that it displays pictures of Victoria’s Secret fashion show, or video on a beheaded Mexican blogger.
Please refrain from making your site sensational, and continue to keep it neat and elegant by placing visuals with more discretion.
A Florida reader
I understand your point, but not all of our content is intended for all readers, and it should have been pretty clear what to expect from those items in particular.
Comments banned?
You have banned me from making comments on your site.
I have a right to free speech and expression. I don’t ask for my account back i demand it back.
If you don’t like the truth, then too bad. You allow gays/ perverts their opinions so I want mine.
J.G.
I see nothing in Reuters actions that violates your Right to Free speech as set forth in the First Amendment. I don’t even see how they could violate your First Amendment rights. As for your account: you accepted the same terms and conditions as everybody else.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Disgusting and shocking?
“Sperminator” Schwarzenegger scorned over love child
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – To fans, he was movie star tough guy the Terminator. Then he turned to politics and was affectionately dubbed the Governator. But after acknowledging that he fathered a child out of wedlock, Arnold Schwarzenegger was swiftly given a new name — the Sperminator.
That headline and lede paragraph is distasteful, ugly, and unworthy of a respectable news organization. Sperminator? Ugh!
Just disgusting and shocking. Shame on you.
Cathleen
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks after accepting an award during the 63rd Israel Independence Day Celebration in Los Angeles May 10, 2011. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Offensive headline?
Felix Salmon’s blog is a low for Reuters.
I have no problem with his point or content – that is his choice to make. But your choice to allow a sensationalized title, “Don’t Donate Money to Japan” is cheap attention grabbing at its best.
Myself and my coworkers who just saw this are going to go elsewhere for our news and opinions.
T.T.
First, as a Japanese citizen, I felt as if I was hit on my head with a frying pan as I was seeing the title.
I felt that Felix’s article was simply ignorant, insensitive, and too subjective.
I wonder how many people saw the headline, but didn’t read the actual posting.
Buxom actress dies?
Buxom actress Jane Russell dead at 89
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” movie star Jane Russell, who became a controversial Hollywood sex symbol, died on Monday at the age of 89, her family said.
I was very disturbed at the title “Buxom actress Jane Russell dead at 89″ for your news article about her death today.
She was a human being. I never met her, but she – and her family – should have been shown more respect.
“Buxom” was inappropriate when someone has died. Thank you for considering my opinion.
R.M.
While that aspect certainly helped define her image when she was making movies 50 years ago, I agree “buxom” wasn’t the best detail for a headline about an 89-year-old woman who has died.
From what I have read about her, she had a great sense of humor and probably would be laughing at the coverage.
She was buxom, and she is dead. I’d rather see Reuters tell the unvarnished truth than tell a socially palatable version for the mentally feeble.
Fleshing out the photo information…
Wow, who wants to see that picture of a man with his flesh eaten away in your lead story on www.reuter.com?
Seriously, even on Halloween, one should have the option on clicking on something that makes it obvious that something gruesome follows.
It makes me question your judgment in general…I may change your site from being my home page. I can guarantee I won’t be going back to your page today.
C.J.V.
Yours was the only complaint I saw regarding this photo. As the photo caption made clear, it was a man in makeup – not “a man with his flesh eaten away…”
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