Television brings viewers into places they’d never otherwise see, informing us about areas usually closed off due to security, safety, or privacy concerns. Ideally, those sensitivities would prompt discretion on what is fit for broadcast, but now, ABC finds itself accused of gross insensitivity.

Dan Kennedy  teaches journalism at Northeastern University.

Callie Crossley  hosts WGBH News' Under the Radar.

Roy Harris  is an author and journalist.

Jon Keller  is a political analyst at WBZ.