This Toronto Star commentary castigates the news media for violating the privacy of crime victims.

The piece focuses on the case of David Rosenweig, who was murdered, and the way the media dealt with his wife Chavi and her six children. It was written by freelance journalist Miriam Porter and Avrum Rosenwieg, a relative.

An excerpt:

Turn on your favourite newscast one night and you will likely see a cameraperson following a victim of a violent crime who is attempting to get away and find solace among loved ones.

Do victims not have a right to privacy? Have they not been through enough already?

Throughout their ordeal, Chavi Rosenzweig and her children represented themselves in a dignified and courageous manner, always acting stoically despite having lost the love of their lives, their security, and a man who personified authentic goodness.

Photojournalists, like anyone else, have a right to a livelihood and play an important role in supplying the public with crucial images, especially from war zones and controversial locations.

Their courageous work frequently reveals to us inequities and injustices that otherwise might have gone unnoticed.

It is their job to deliver the news to us, including murders.

But is it newsworthy to expose grieving families suffering the painful loss of a loved one especially through the exploitation of their most private moments?

The murder of David Rosenzweig and the subsequent treatment of his family by many in the media was an example of what we see through the photographer's camera lenses — not necessarily the entire picture.