The New York Times: 'The Old Gray Whore'

Decision to Run Graphic Photo Has Disgraced the Publication and Stripped Ercolino of His Right to Die with Dignity

The New York Times decided to publish the death photo Steven Ercolino on its front page, and From The G-Man is publicly challenging its decision by asking three simple questions. 

Question 1: Would any member of the New York Times editorial board have run the photo if they discovered the victim was their husband, wife, son, daughter, granddaughter, grandson, grandmother or grandfather? 

Question 2: Did anyone on the New York Times editorial board stop to consider the level of pain that may have been inflicted on Mr. Ercolino's extended family members, even if a few members of the family may have granted consent to having the photo published?

Question 3: If you published a death photo on the front page of your newspaper, does that mean you would publish a graphic photo of a Manhattan socialite being brutally raped or a group of tribal warlords beheading an 11-year-old Sudanese boy who refused to maim or kill fellow villagers?  

If the editorial board's answer is no to each question, From The G-Man would like to know why you published Ercolino's death photo... but would not publish photos from the three scenarios that have been presented? Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't someone from the Times editorial department say Ercolino's photo was published because it was "newsworthy"? 

If the New York Times editorial board's answer is yes to all of the questions posed, then the title of this article is fitting, and From The G-Man would be convinced that the only reason the death photo was published was because, as ghoulish as it may sound, the Times wanted to have a big exclusive, in this case a photo, in order to sell as many papers as possible. Period!  

Based on the degrading and disgusting actions of the publication, From The G-Man believes the "Old Gray Lady" has withered into an old, gray whore whose sole interest is reaping as much profit as possible -- any way possible -- with no regard for ethics or the tried and true standards and practices of journalism. Unfortunately, because they are guilty by association, the reputation of many outstanding journalists and writers at the newspaper has been tarnished, and From The G-Man suspects a number of them are just as incensed at the editorial board. 

From The G-Man would also like to pose "Question 1" to all mainstream news sources, as well as members of the public, that are defending the actions of the old, gray whore. If someone you cherished and loved was brutally murdered, would you want to have their death photo published on the cover of the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times or the Chicago Tribune? 

Everyone deserves to die with some sense of dignity, especially if they were viewed as good and loving people. The Times editorial board blatantly disregarded the victim and stripped him of his dignity, and it ought to be ashamed of itself and called out for it! Steven Ercolino's family and friends suffered on two accounts: they had to deal with the fact that he'd been killed and the fact that a group of heartless bastards at the New York Times broadcast his death photo to the world. Listen up, Times editorial board. Karma... is.... a.... bitch!

The commentary is from the heart and......from The G-Man.

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