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| Virgina killings: CNN criticised for showing WDBJ footage 'once per hour' | Virgina killings: CNN criticised for showing WDBJ footage 'once per hour' |
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| CNN was criticised after apparently announcing they would show the video of two journalists being shot during a live broadcast "once per hour". | CNN was criticised after apparently announcing they would show the video of two journalists being shot during a live broadcast "once per hour". |
| Distressing footage emerged of Alison Parker interviewing a woman on WDBJ, a news channel in Virginia, US, before gunfire is heard and the camera falls to the ground. | Distressing footage emerged of Alison Parker interviewing a woman on WDBJ, a news channel in Virginia, US, before gunfire is heard and the camera falls to the ground. |
| Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were both killed after a gunman opened fire at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. | Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were both killed after a gunman opened fire at the Bridgewater Plaza near Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. |
| The woman Parker was interviewing has been identified as Vicki Gardner, a local Chamber of Commerce head, who is undergoing surgery after being shot in the back. | The woman Parker was interviewing has been identified as Vicki Gardner, a local Chamber of Commerce head, who is undergoing surgery after being shot in the back. |
| Viewers on Facebook and Twitter called for CNN to stop showing the video leading up to the killing. | Viewers on Facebook and Twitter called for CNN to stop showing the video leading up to the killing. |
| Matthew Ingram, a senior writer at Fortune magazine, tweeted: "CNN just showed the video of the journalists being shot, but said that it will only show it once per hour." | Matthew Ingram, a senior writer at Fortune magazine, tweeted: "CNN just showed the video of the journalists being shot, but said that it will only show it once per hour." |
| CNN later stated it would "not be showing the video any longer". | CNN later stated it would "not be showing the video any longer". |
| Many people on social media have been choosing to share a selfie of Parker and Ward together instead of the footage. | Many people on social media have been choosing to share a selfie of Parker and Ward together instead of the footage. |