Probably not, yet these are images we are inundated with daily. While some victims report a favourable experience with the media, other victims describe a painful experience. The media can intensify the feelings of violation and the loss of control that many victims feel. There really is no need for any of these things. News reports should print the basic facts and that is all.
Victims deserve to have some rights when it comes to contact with the media.
While the legislators have always left it up to the media to police themselves in this regard, many would argue that the media has done little to set guidelines for themselves. The freedom of the press have always outweighed the privacy rights of the victims. But these two philosophies need not be an issue if the media would only pay proper respect to the wishes of the victims they are dealing with. None of the above mentioned rights would interfere with the media's ability to get the basic facts about a news story out. The public would not suffer due to these rights.