Hoot
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Sept-Mar of this past year, more than 500 US soldiers were killed in Iraq.
This was one of the most violent periods of the war...and all this coming after the elections in Iraq.
Yet, the Los Angeles Times reports ( I can hear the neo-cons now..."Oh no, not that rag the LA Times) but during those 6 months, not a single photo of an American killed in action appeared in 6 of the largest U.S. newspapers, and Time and Newsweek also ran no photos of Americans killed in action.
The "right' is always accusing the media of being too negative on the war in Iraq, then why the self-censorship in this area?
I'm sure if you asked the editors of these publications, they'd say..."Well, photos of dead GI's is just too sensitive a subject and is not in good taste."
Yet...during the recent Tsunami disaster...we had photos of dead all over the media!
I guess that's ok, as long as they're not American GI's?
The real truth is, publishing photos of dead GI's would bring out the rabid right wing who would scream "liberal bias" etc..etc...blah blah blah.
That's why these photos aren't published...fear of being accussed by the right wing of having some sort of "secret political agenda."
There's bias in the media, allright, only the pressure isn't coming from the left, it's coming from the right.
This was one of the most violent periods of the war...and all this coming after the elections in Iraq.
Yet, the Los Angeles Times reports ( I can hear the neo-cons now..."Oh no, not that rag the LA Times) but during those 6 months, not a single photo of an American killed in action appeared in 6 of the largest U.S. newspapers, and Time and Newsweek also ran no photos of Americans killed in action.
The "right' is always accusing the media of being too negative on the war in Iraq, then why the self-censorship in this area?
I'm sure if you asked the editors of these publications, they'd say..."Well, photos of dead GI's is just too sensitive a subject and is not in good taste."
Yet...during the recent Tsunami disaster...we had photos of dead all over the media!
I guess that's ok, as long as they're not American GI's?
The real truth is, publishing photos of dead GI's would bring out the rabid right wing who would scream "liberal bias" etc..etc...blah blah blah.
That's why these photos aren't published...fear of being accussed by the right wing of having some sort of "secret political agenda."
There's bias in the media, allright, only the pressure isn't coming from the left, it's coming from the right.