It was the picking up of the child that most reacted to, which
is against the UN instructions.

They have these rules in place for a reason.


Geldof would have used photos provided.
He wouldn't have known if they were staged or not.

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Who condemned the photographer ?

He felt bad himself but I didn't see anyone else condemn him.

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i did.

 

I feel he exploited the suffering of that child.

my opinion, I'm entitled to it.

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Exploited by raising more funds?  I am absolutely disgusted by people sitting in their comfortable houses with fridges full of food, who judge others who give their time and risk their lives to help in any way they can. 

 

How on earth could anybody stage such a picture?  To say that the photo was staged, is saying it is fake, and such scenes are not real.  It makes me very sad to think that people consider it their right to slander somebody, especially person who was so deeply affected that he took his life.  I know doctors who were there with MSF, and it took years before they were able to sleep properly again.

thats ok, you can be disgusted by me al you like, my feeling on this is not going to change 🙂

He was there to do a job, a job that ended up costing him his life.

As someone else said, it probably wasnt the only child and where do you stop.

 

Ponder that when you sit down to your Steak and 3 veggies tonight for dinner !

 

 

Re staged photos, World Vision isn't adverse to using them, nor any other charity.

 

He does not use staged photos.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

He does not use staged photos.

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BS

 

Of the highest order.

 

 

World Vision would use anything and anybody to get money.  They have despicable methods.  So bad example.

What's wrong with images? 

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@vicr3000 wrote:

He was there to do a job, a job that ended up costing him his life.

As someone else said, it probably wasnt the only child and where do you stop.

 

Ponder that when you sit down to your Steak and 3 veggies tonight for dinner !

 

 

Re staged photos, World Vision isn't adverse to using them, nor any other charity.

 

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It didn't cost him his life.

 

Along with all the good news was some bad. His best friend, Ken Osterbroek, was killed beside him while covering a gun battle in the Thokoza township outside Johannesburg. His long-standing relationship had also broken up. He leaves behind a six-year-old daughter.