[evanny]

of course people can tell the difference from movies and real life.
however i think when showing death on tv it makes people also care a little more.
for example. i didn't care about 9/11 in terms of tragedy, specially seeing aftermath with 3 wars. however seeing pictures of people falling 50 stories to their death did stir up some emotions and a realization of the scale of the tragedy.

if people only heard - 10 people shot in cold blood - they would most likely not think much of that. it is simply acknowledgement of a fact that 10 have been shot. however if they were to see bodies it would call out emotions and with that some kind of change. maybe in society, maybe in individuals life. maybe it will make some people to take action to help those affected by the tragedy.

so i am for death on tv. because hearing simple numbers - 200 000 killed by a tsunami - can't make as big as an impact as seeing just 2 dead.

don't know if english have, but we have a saying that goes like this:
"better to see once rather than to hear a thousand times"