Monday, April 20, 2015
People who tuned into CBSamp;#8217;s 60 Minutes on Sunday night watched amp;#8220;the most disturbing footage in its 47-year history,amp;#8221; according to the network.
The footage was part of a segment presented by Scott Pelley, the anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News. The segment focused on a 2013 sarin gas attack near the Syrian city of Damascus. The U.S. estimates that the attack killed an estimated 1,429 civilians. About a third of the deaths were children, according to CBS.
I often highlight journalism missteps on this blog, but amp;#8211; in this case amp;#8211; Iamp;#8217;d like to applaud CBS for explaining why it decided to show such graphic footage, which included images of seizures, vomiting and respiratory failure.