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What if a reporter was at the scene of one of Wallace's or Jennings' loved ones about to get hit by a car? Should the reporter be a reporter or step in to save Wallace's or Jennings' loved one? What would Wallace or Jennings want them to do?

That reminds me of an incident during Bob Dole's presidential campaign, when he was up on a stage and was moving forward towards the crowd to shake some hands. The railing he was leaning against broke away and Dole fell forward into the crowd and on the ground.

What really toasted me about that was that some of the press people, who were right there and watched him fall, made no effort to try to catch him.

Bob Dole was a man who had lost use of one of his arms during his military service, and who was not accorded the simplest human courtesy by the media of trying to catch him instead of taking their d*mnable photos. It really made me sick to see that episode, and helped to convince me that the media cared little for duty, honor, or even country, but only ran towards their next scoop or exclusive photo op.

Imagine you were a photograper and you saw a journalist about to fall off a cliff. You could either save his life, or take the picture.

My question is, what shutter speed would you use?