It's a sharp contrast to the crude version of a media circus in Owensboro 65 years ago. We thought this book would help promote healing, but instead it lanced a boil in which hate, anger and grief have been festering. Entertainment Network Inc. On April 17, Marshlack filed a federal lawsuit seeking either to place a wireless camera in the death chamber or to use the closed-circuit feed and broadcast it on the Internet. Entertainment Network lost its suit last week, but Marshlack says he will appeal to the Supreme Court. Regardless of how the court battle turns out, one fear is that the closed-circuit transmission will be intercepted and make its way onto newscasts and the Internet.
Experts say the technology exists to prevent that.
Still, the possibility is forcing reporters and news executives to consider what they would do if that tape landed in their hands. The fact of the matter is, with the ubiquitousness of pictures these days, even the best parents can't be a good gatekeeper. We can't guarantee that it won't be seen by the wrong people. We're not sitting around this building hoping we're the recipients of an errant stolen feed. I'm petrified that it will fall into inappropriate hands.