Kurtz : CNN ran degrading , exploitative pic of man about to be hit by subway . Human response is One of horror , and reason paper did it : to grip American , he says . Abbasi claims he hoped the flash would warn the subway driver . He says it 's newsworthy for a tab , but worse offense is photog who did n't seem to help . Howard Kurtz : Post sensationalizes to sell papers and succeeded , but he would n't have run it .
Kurtz : CNN ran degrading , exploitative pic of man about to be hit by subway . Human response is One of horror , and reason paper did it : to grip American , he says . He says it 's newsworthy for a tab , but worse offense is photog who did n't seem to help . Howard Kurtz : Post sensationalizes to sell papers and succeeded , but he would n't have run it .