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Reactions: Earnhardt photos Users side with Earnhardt family's right to privacy
Updated: Friday March 16, 2001 8:29 PM We wanted to know what CNNSI.com users thought about the Orlando Sentinel's pursuit of the Dale Earnhardt photos. We were not surprised to learn that most of you think the newspaper should not be granted access to the photos. Keep reading for a sample of the response we received.
I agree with the Earnhardt family that the pictures should not be reviewed by the newspapers or anyone else. The family has suffered enough. They will not be able to complete their healing process when we all know that if the pictures are released they will end up on the internet, magazines, newspapers, etc. Some people in our society are really sick and I am sure that they would show up somewhere. I know of NO public good that could come out of the papers being able to view these pictures.
Because of the other drivers, I think the truth should come out.
It's interesting that the paper wants to improve NASCAR safety by a medical examiner looking at some photos for a few hours. NASCAR has been working on safety for 52 years. If they can make NASCAR safer that fast the guy must be a genius. Where was this guy last year? In 52 years a handful of racers have died in NASCAR racing. In 52 years how many thousands of people have died on roads and highways? How many of those photos have the papers medical examiner looked at? Is the paper only interested in NASCAR safety, what about the general public? The thing is articles about the general public do not sell papers but ones about someone famous does. This tells me the paper is after money first and NASCAR safety second, if at all.
Our privacy in this country has become void. It is a sad day when a paper has to pry in a private matter such as the death of a race car driver for ways of selling a paper. If this were the owners of the Orlando Sentinel's family members, would they want pictures of their family being viewed by strangers?
You can't fight city hall. People forget old news. Set the pictures free and let's move on. This should be forgotten news by now. Dale gave me some of my favorite racing memories and I would like to keep it that way. I don't want to see the pictures and I won't look at them and neither will anybody else with any decency.
I do not think the paper or any part of the media should have access to the photos of Dale Earnhardt. I think we the public should be able to remember him just as he was before the accident. The Earnhardt needs our support and help right now. They have suffered enough. Let them grieve in peace. Let's hope no other family has to go through what they have. May Dale rest in peace.
I do not think that Dale's autopsy pictures should be made public. My heart goes out to their family, and to release those pictures would only set them back a step on their long road to recovery. Dale Sr. is gone, please let him and his memory rest in peace. Thank you.
I think that they should let the public see the pictures of Earnhardt's death. We have the right to know!
Why? What does a newspaper have to do with the autopsy? Do they think they're going to uncover a "conspiracy" or some such junk. No they just want to make money. Yes, no matter what they say the photos will be up for sale. Come on people, were you born yesterday? Everything is about money not the right to know. No one needs to know. The man is gone, let him rest in peace and let his family grieve in private.
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