If the methods used were improper, such as buying news, even if the contents are stimulating the story should be suppressed, "argues Huang. Or, in a case of kidnapping, stories should not be released until the victim is safe. Or when the victim in a story is a minor, names and photographs should not be published. These are obligations that the media should respect.
如果是不正當手法，像買新聞等，即使內容精采，也應該扣壓」，黃肇松說，其他如綁架案，在人質未安全前，不宜發表；或受害人未成年時，不發表名字、照片等，這已成新聞界大體遵守的公約了。