The World's First Public Snuff Broadcast
01-08-07 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Ayre
Sorry, I am not familar with the footage you site.
Spoiler:
I remember NBC replaying the entire incident a few years back...I was caught by surprise because it was shown on daytime TV (I can't remember the name of the show but it was some short lived history show hosted by Katie Couric around '98 -'99). I'm sure it's been shown many times before though.
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01-09-07 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Heat
Yeah, a "snuff film" has nothing to do with nudity or sex, just the act of killing.......As for the writer who said that the Hussein film was the first snuff film, the guy is nuts.
Just wondering....
01-09-07 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockmjd23
Not a snuff film. The specific purpose of the killing in a snuff film is entertainment and profit from distribution. A killing that happened to be caught on film doesn't qualify, regardless of entertainment value or subsequent profit.
01-10-07 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Ayre
From Studio Briefing:
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U.K. Regulator To Probe Saddam Tape Broadcast
OFCOM, the British communications regulator, said that it will investigate the BBC's decision to air the cell-phone video showing the execution of Saddam Hussein. OFCOM disclosed that it had received 30 complaints. The regulator said that it will examine whether the broadcast complies with provisions of the code regarding taste, decency, fairness and privacy. The London Financial Times quoted one unnamed broadcaster as saying, "These are all available over the Internet. If you stopped showing items are you accused of censoring?" But one writer posted a message on the BBC's website calling the footage, "the world's first public snuff video."
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Does this usher in that dystopic world often described by writers? I can remember the movie THX 1138, where THX is watching a man being beaten over and over again. Not as journalism, but as entertainment.
Or is it allowing TV Broadcasters to compete with the internet? Free unfettered speech, where the view can choose whether or not to watch, but the option is there.
Thoughts?
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U.K. Regulator To Probe Saddam Tape Broadcast
OFCOM, the British communications regulator, said that it will investigate the BBC's decision to air the cell-phone video showing the execution of Saddam Hussein. OFCOM disclosed that it had received 30 complaints. The regulator said that it will examine whether the broadcast complies with provisions of the code regarding taste, decency, fairness and privacy. The London Financial Times quoted one unnamed broadcaster as saying, "These are all available over the Internet. If you stopped showing items are you accused of censoring?" But one writer posted a message on the BBC's website calling the footage, "the world's first public snuff video."
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Does this usher in that dystopic world often described by writers? I can remember the movie THX 1138, where THX is watching a man being beaten over and over again. Not as journalism, but as entertainment.
Or is it allowing TV Broadcasters to compete with the internet? Free unfettered speech, where the view can choose whether or not to watch, but the option is there.
Thoughts?
