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May 25, 2005
MSM Longs for Pix of Dead Americans
Posted by Dave Blount at May 25, 2005 12:19 PM
In case the New York Times' marathon Abu Ghraib hypefest and Newsweek's Korangate fiasco didn't make it clear whose side the establishment media is on in the War on Terror, NewsMax.com reports that journalists are chaffing at the bit because of limitations on disseminating photographs of dead American soldiers.
President Roosevelt strictly prohibited the media from publishing photos of dead American soldiers during WWII for the obvious reasons that they would have high propaganda value for the enemy and would undermine American morale, both among the troops and among the civilian population whose support is critical for military success. This limitation was largely honored through following wars.
But now, with the bulk of the media more or less openly siding with the Islamofascist enemy out of sheer depraved moonbattery, they unsurprisingly want to change the rules.
In a comprehensive report published Saturday, the LA Times laments finding "almost no pictures from the war zone of Americans killed in action," which they believe results in an "incomplete portrait of the violence."
"There can be horrible images, but war is horrible and we need to understand that," bleats war photographer Chris Hondros, as if unaware of the strategic consequences of ramming these horrible images down our throats on the evening news.
Pim Van Hemmen of the Newark Star-Ledger almost touches on the real issue by complaining that "Writing in a headline that 1,500 Americans have died doesn't give you nearly the impact of showing one serviceman who is dead."
A representative of the NY Times also pipes in, yammering about their "responsibility to bear witness" to morbid carnage. Apparently the fact that relatives would see the pictures dissuades the media about as much as the idea of giving aid and comfort to al Qaeda. Of course, rather than admit to their traitorous and unseemly nature, they squirt out clouds of sanctimony like a squid's defensive ink.
"We not only have the right, but the responsibility to run such photos," declared the Executive Editor of the Tacoma News Tribune, after publishing a picture of a dying American that left the soldier's wife "shaking and in tears for hours."
Hat tip: Wiggins
Cross-posted at The Wide Awakes
