Daily News Does It Again

[Danzig]

i wrote them a brief comment, probably do as much good as your letter after landseer.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

i wrote them a brief comment, probably do as much good as your letter after landseer.

Danzig, the Landseer one was so bad, I couldn't imagine they'd do it again. Remember, this picture is showing her leg out of the skin here, in a blowup version in a color photo.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

Danzig, the Landseer one was so bad, I couldn't imagine they'd do it again. Remember, this picture is showing her leg out of the skin here, in a blowup version in a color photo.

i know...against my better judgement i clicked on the link and saw it. i knew they sugarcoated it yesterday when they said it was 'dislocated'. eight races, over a hundred horses ran...that not counting the undercard, and this is the one story they focus on.

While I find their actions shameful and tasteless, I support their first amendment right to do so.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

While I find their actions shameful and tasteless, I support their first amendment right to do so.

well that goes without saying, just like writing to them is me exercising my rights!

[Cannon Shell]

The horse is a NY horse owned by Big NY owners trained by a Big time NY trainer who ran her best races in NY and is based in NY. How can they not give it a lot of press. Not to mention the fact that the trainer who won the damn race was the trainer of the most famous broke down horse in recent memory? I hate the picture but it is a big story and they are in business to sell papers.
One of the pitfalls of the exposure that the industry craves is negative images that sometimes occur. We have to understand that the bigger the industry gets in the publics eyes, especially with the backing of ESPN, the more the focus will fall on the negative. It is not a horseracing problem, it is a society problem.

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The horse is a NY horse owned by Big NY owners trained by a Big time NY trainer who ran her best races in NY and is based in NY. How can they not give it a lot of press. Not to mention the fact that the trainer who won the damn race was the trainer of the most famous broke down horse in recent memory? I hate the picture but it is a big story and they are in business to sell papers.

I take no issue with the written article what so ever...the photo is just another story. A symptom of a very sad and sick society that hungers to see this sort of gruesomness up close and in color. I understand it, but I don't have to like it.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

I take no issue with the written article what so ever...the photo is just another story. A symptom of a very sad and sick society that hungers to see this sort of gruesomness up close and in color. I understand it, but I don't have to like it.

I hate it too.

[Byebyemermaid]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

I take no issue with the written article what so ever...the photo is just another story. A symptom of a very sad and sick society that hungers to see this sort of gruesomness up close and in color. I understand it, but I don't have to like it.

100% in agreement.The unfortunate thing is that society is that way now.I remember years ago they came out with this video "Faces of Death' which i'm glad to say i never viewed.It showed the killing of a monkey by bashing it's head which i was told,and other gruesome things i'm sure.Video stores couldn't keep it on there shelves to the point that the company that produced it came out with more of them.When the video on Al-Jazzeera came out with the first beheading i was told that people waited for hours to dowload it and view it.We have become so insensitive as a society

[paisjpq]

I just sent this...It means nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it made me feel better.

It is always a tragedy when a horse breaks down in a race. It is usually gruesome. It is heartbreaking for the owner trainer breeder groom and rider. That tragedy should NOT be compounded by insensitive and macabre photographs printed and distributed soley for their shock value.
The photograph in sunday's edition of your paper that shows the final struggle of a beautiful and courageous animal is beyond bad taste.
Pine Island gave all that she had on the track and suffered the worst possible fate, why would anyone want to subject her memory to furthur indignity? Her connections are some of the oldest and finest in the sport, they should not be repayed for their efforts by some tabloid news-type headline. Shame on you.
Sincerely,
Bethani White

[Danzig]

excellent letter!!