Why Daily Record was censured by PCC for using picture of a dead
man  There were interesting differences of opinion among my City
University students yesterday about the use of pictures showing
Muammar Gaddafi after he had been killed.  Part of the
discussion centred on whether it is ever right and/or tasteful
to publish a photograph of a dead person.  On balance, I thought
the publication of the Gaddafi pictures was justified, given the
special circumstances surrounding the manner of his death, the
context of his own tyranny and the widespread dissemination of
them on the internet.  But, in general, I don't think newspapers
should carry pictures of dead people.  It would appear that the
Press Complaints Commission, in an adjudication released
yesterday, agrees.  It censured the Daily Record for using a
picture that showed the body of a man, found on a footpath near
Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh, that was wrapped in sheeting.  The
man's aunt complained that the use of the picture was
insensitive and amounted to