Friday, August 24, 2012

There has been a lot of conversation about the death of OU student Casey Cooke, who died after falling off a building on campus in June. There were multile news reports about her death, but The Oklahoman gave a link to her autopsy report. This was a risky move, and there has been plenty of controversy.
Many are angry at the paper for giving a direct link to this information, especially people who knew Casey. An autopsy report can be very brutal to read, and I think it should be kept private. If it were one of my friends, I would be horrified to see a report like that and know that people were reading about my loved one. Things like that are personal, and to make it public is very wrong.