Nothing really to say about this one. I'm just hoping it can hit people about people like paparazzi
This past Saturday I learned about R. Budd Dwyer and how he took his own life on national television during a press conference. I also found the video and was surprised when the cameraman didn't even jump or anything after Dwyer pulled the trigger of his revolver and actually zoomed in on his face to show the blood pouring from his nose and the wound in his head.
Any _normal_ person would normally look away and respect the man but not this cameraman, he tried showing everything he could and for what? To shock audiences at home? Traumatize the viewers including children? Or thinking he could sell the tape to someone for the ultimate footage: A well liked politician committing suicide on live TV.
R. Budd Dwyer was a Pennsylvania politician who was convicted of receiving a bribe from a Californian accounting firm to try and get a multimillion-dollar contract to determine compensation to each employee after Pennsylvania discovered state workers had overpaid federal taxes due to errors in state withholding. Throughout the entire trial he stated he was innocent but was ultimately facing 55 years imprisonment and a $300,000 fine.
January 22, 1987 at the age of 47, R. Budd Dwyer while still in office took his life with a .357 Magnum revolver because he could not handle the sentence which many people including himself believed was a set up by conspirators against him.
Fortunately, his wife was able to collect full survivor benefits because he was still in office at the time which totaled over $1.28 million. A spokesperson for Dwyer said that he possibly committed suicide to preserve the pension for his family because their finances were ruined due to the legal defense costs.
There are many other tales of media trying to get the ultimate shot by any means with no respect for the people, like Princess Diana, the media was just swarming the car after her death trying to get a shot of the Princess in a bloody mess.
So, do you think the media has any morals at all when it comes to getting a story no matter how gruesome it may be?
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