Staging- response from Manu Bhandari

Photographs or videos of events occurring naturally definitely have charms that those of the staged events lack. As a viewer, I had often felt dissatisfied when some video images on television seemed staged, because that ruined the taste of the story. So, I wholeheartedly agree with Dave Wertheimer on the issue of staging and respect him for adhering to his ethics so well.
However, looking from the camerapersons’ point of view, although people like Wertheimer will strongly disagree, one feels staging can sometimes be unavoidable in do-or-die situations for the camerapersons. Because of the competitors’ possession of good images, there is chance of being under intense pressure to get certain types of images or else the camerapersons may have their job positions threatened. There is so much of time pressure and people in the newsroom are waiting for good, certain type of video clips to compete with their competitors’ video clips.
As noted before, staging ruins the taste of a story. I personally believe in that. The only thing I want to pitch for discussion is whether in practical life, with so much time pressure, and pressures from various competitors, the camerapersons can enjoy the freedom to do what Wertheimer has done to remain true to his professional ethics? Also, will it be ethical if we stage the event and mention it to the viewers that we staged the process to explain to them better what had happened, if it can be done?