These are the topline results of a YouGov/Huffington Post survey of 1000 US adults interviewed August 27-31, 2015 on videos of violent attacks. The margin of error is 4.0%.
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Two television journalists were shot this week while appearing on live television. Did you watch the video of the incident?
Yes, including the shooting itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25%
Yes, but not including the shooting itself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24%
No, but I heard about the story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39%
No, and I hadn’t heard about the story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13%
How do you think media outlets should report on a video that shows people being killed?
They should show the full video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%
They should only show less graphic parts of the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33%
They shouldn’t show the video at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16%
How do you think social media sites like Facebook or Twitter should handle it if a user uploads a video that shows people being killed?
They should allow the video to stay up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26%
They should delete the video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23%
Which comes closer to your view about watching a video that shows people being killed?
It is disrespectful to the victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53%
It is NOT disrespectful to the victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27%
Not sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21%
