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Thread #69098   Message #1169048
Posted By: WFDU - Ron Olesko
23-Apr-04 - 11:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Denied photos of war dead, again
Subject: RE: BS: Denied photos of war dead, again
It is a shame that we need to have photos to prove to people that there is a cost to this war - I mean occupation - that our country is involved in.

To utilize an image of someones grief seems a really low class way of using propaganda to make a point. There are more dignified protests that can be made to show the horror of war and its cost in human life. The media has always had a ghoulish fascination with showing such images. When I used to work at CNBC I had a discussion with a producer during the OJ Simpson trial. The question was poised about whether they would show stills of the vicitims, if they were ever made available. This person's answer was "in a heartbeat". How far do we go to "present the truth"?