Photographs of Graffiti in Newspapers or Graffiti Video on TV News
October 26th, 2008 | 
Author: The graffiti subculture derives great satisfaction having attention paid to their vandalism. It is part of the thrill or high to have the establishment acknowledge the damage using photographs in a local newspaper.
In my opinion, A newspaper should write about the vandalism but should mask the vandalism in photographs so that the graffiti can not be easily seen. It is enough to write about the damage and show in general the areas affected. The photo department at the newspaper should fuzz out or blur the graffiti so the taggers cannot identify the tag or piece. Likewise, television news should blur the damage so the tag or piece cannot be identified. We see news agencies mask the identity of individuals to protect identity and we should also see news agencies from allowing their service to become part of the drug that feeds the graffiti problem.
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This article from the BBC News magazine
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3548306.stm
is a perfect example of a left-leaning romance story written about a vandal. The vandal makes Britain that much more dangerous for himself and others by trespassing in railroad yards all to paint a pretty picture. The reporter just doesn't get it and even adorns the article with examples of the vandal's work. It is not enough to say that the police and other Britons don't like the man and his behavior. All of that is moot when the vandal is turned into some type of folk hero. This kind of story is NOT a public service and since Britons are mandated to pay for licenses to own a TV so that the BBC can broadcast perhaps Britons who object to graffiti vandalism should object stridently to this story.