Article: Quake reporting raises concerns of media ethics

Quake reporting raises concerns of media ethics by Qiu Lin

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- When Chongqing-based magazine New Travel Weekly featured China's May 12 earthquake, it maintained its popular themes of glamour and sex.

Scantily-clad models draped themselves over the rubble, bloodied bandages as accessories to their bikinis, tight tee-shirts and mini- shorts, under the headline "Reborn from the Ruins".

The public reaction to this display of questionable taste and insensitivity was immediate.

The outcry at the newsstands quickly reached the city government, which suspended the magazine for "rectification", and the magazine president and chief editor lost their jobs for "unethical ...

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