被误读的死亡——凯文·卡特并非因照片《饥饿的苏丹》自杀

本文对1994年获普利策新闻奖的摄影师凯文·卡特(Kevin Carter)的死因进行研究,发现他并非像一些人所说的是因为拍摄《饥饿的苏丹》(The Starving of Sudan)后因自责而自杀。人们之所以会误读他的死亡,多是传播者为了显示新闻道德困境,进行脱离事实的猜测并用黄色新闻的叙事方式造成的。

A Misunderstood Death:The Starving of SudanDid Not Lead to Kevin Carter's Suicide

This article investigates the reason of the death of Kevin Carter,who had won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994, and finds that he did not commit suicide amid the blame from himself,as some have suggested because of the shootingThe Starving of Sudan.The main reason for the misunderstanding is that propagandists,aiming to emphasize journalistic moral dilemma,had made fact-neglecting guesses and had utilized the Yellow Journalism to tell the story.