Ms. Zirima lodged a complaint with the VMCZ over pictures published by the Daily News of 5 March, 2014 on page 17.
Ms. Zirima says she is concerned that the pictures published are gory and not fit for public consumption.
STATUS: FINALISED
The VMCZ secretariat and the complainant engaged the DailyNews on the matter. DailyNews Editor Gift Phiri and the paper’s Deputy Editor Chris Goko expressed their appreciation for reader feedback and further highlighted that the pictures in question were part of the top 10 pictures for 2013 compiled by Time Magazine and that the newspaper simply reproduced them in order to empasise the reality of what is happening in the world and the gory nature of combat.
The DailyNews however also acknowledged the need to strike a balance between press freedom and being sensitive to different sections of Zimbabwean society and expressed commitment that such images will be used sparingly and with due consideration.
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