Howard Stern : New York Post ran degrading , exploitative pic of man about to be hit by subway . One aspect of this tale that makes my blood boil is the role of the freelance photographer , R. Umar Abbasi . Human response is one of horror , and the paper did it : to grip New Yorkers , he says . He says it 's newsworthy for a reason , but worse it is photog who did n't seem to help . Kurtz : Post sensationalizes to sell it and succeeded , but he would n't have run it .
Howard Stern : New York Post ran degrading , exploitative pic of man about to be hit by subway . Human response is one of horror , and the paper did it : to grip New Yorkers , he says . He says it 's newsworthy for a reason , but worse it is photog who did n't seem to help . Kurtz : Post sensationalizes to sell it and succeeded , but he would n't have run it .