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Source: DigitalSpy
Rupert Murdoch's New York Post US tabloid has been criticised for posting a shocking picture of a man just about to die after being pushed onto the subway tracks in New York City.
The front page of today's edition of the paper depicts Ki Suk Han, 58, desperately attempting to get back onto the platform as a train approaches.
He had been pushed onto the tracks by a crazed man on the Times Square subway platform after trying to protect fellow passengers from being attacked.
Onlookers screamed, shouted and waved their hands to try and get the downtown Q train to stop, but it was too late.
But the paper's decision to run the shocking image on its front page has led to an outcry on Twitter.
Guardian journalist Ian Prior (?@ianprior) tweeted: "Sickening rubber-necking front page from the New York Post. Imagine how this man's family feels."
Howard Stern producer Lee Gerowitz added: "The @nypost and the employee who made the call to put the man about to die from a train on its cover are pieces of trash. Despicable."
Sports Illustrated reporter Richard Deitsch (?@richarddeitsch), was more contemplative, tweeting: "Chilling New York Post front page today. Would you have run it?"
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