From America magazine’s blog, about CNN coverage in Haiti (which is also praised):

The most troubling video though is the one above, the admittedly gripping and widely seen, tale of a young girl trapped under the rubble. Anderson Cooper stands atop the wreckage covering the story, as her family and friends claw at the concrete in a desperate attempt to free her. Go to the mark of 1:10 to see Cooper stick a microphone under the rubble and catch her terrified screams and choked sobs. Did they ask her if they could film the most terrifying moment of her life? And if they did, was it right even to ask? How is human dignity best respected? By filming or by not filming?
I don’t have the answers to these questions, by the way. And in the midst of such difficult, indeed grueling, reporting one will make some lapses in judgment. And I have no experience as a television reporter dropped into the site of a natural disaster. On the other hand, I do have some experience working among the poor. And even in the midst of heroic coverage comes some moments when these questions are important ones to ask, particularly when we are covering the trials of the poor.