Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!jarthur!ucivax!gateway From: rivero@dev8a.mdcbbs.com Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: FAIR Statement on Naming Rape Survivors Message-ID: <1991May8.095116.1@dev8a.mdcbbs.com> Date: 8 May 91 19:41:48 GMT References: Organization: McDonnell Douglas M&E, Cypress CA Lines: 26 Approved: tittle@ics.uci.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: zola.ics.uci.edu In article , jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes: > > FAIR CALLS FOR PUBLIC RESPONSE AGAINST NAMING RAPE VICTIMS > > The Times story disclosing the woman's name relied twelve times > on unnamed sources. The Times said it published her name after > NBC's decision "took the matter of privacy out of [their] hands." > NBC said it aired her name because it had already appeared in the > Globe -- a supermarket tabloid -- which said it did so because > her name had already appeared in a British tabloid. FAIR asks a > simple question: Are the tabloids setting standards for NBC News > and the New York Times? > I don't believe that the past activities of either alleged victim or alleged rapist should be broadcast to the world. It jeapordizes the possability of a fair trial. On the other hand, if you are going to publicise the name of either party, you should publicise them both, or withold both. Until the trial is OVER and a guilty verdict delivered, publishing the name of the suspect does as much damage as publishing the name of the victim. Fair is, after all, fair. Mike