[Forex Trading Software]

>>When anyone puts information into the public field, and no less so for the purposes of education, there is an ethical responsibility for the effects and interpretations, or even possible effects and interpretations.

If media emphasis on weight in any way incited or legitimized any prejudice against, discrimination toward or mistreatment of larger people [kids inclusive], then the media is responsible for a form of abuse.

I disagree. "Information should be transmitted as truthfully as possible, regardless of the harm it may cause. If the harm outweighs the useful utility, the information should not be transmitted at all.

Also, note that I think utility differs for different audiences. It may be true, for example, that the implied stigmatization of fatties in a set of data is not appropriate for a national newspaper, but is appropriate for this forum.