Insensitive picture

Insensitive picture

I am one of the people who was injured in the bombing attack
outside of the Australian Embassy on Thursday, Sept. 9.

I am writing to express my disappointment with your decision
to run a picture of two pageant queens on page two of The Jakarta
Post's Sept. 11 edition.

This picture and the caption played up a visit of the two
women to an unfortunate victim of the blast. I feel that it was a
very insensitive editorial judgment. Instead of focusing on the
plight of the victim in his hospital bed, you succumb to photo-
opportunity moments like this visit.

As a respectable media organization, you should not dance to
the tune of public figures or celebrities who are quick to use
tragedies like this to further their popularity. The Post should
have known better than to run that picture on your prime page in
the wake of such calamity. It is an affront to the victims and
the wounded as well as their families.

BUDIMAN MOERDIJAT
Jakarta