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September 11, 2005

60 Minutes Showed Dead Body

We deserve an explanation for why some media are showing dead bodies floating in New Orleans while not showing World Trade Center jumpers. CBS News did so in a 60 Minutes story on the ordeals of New Orleans' police. CNN sued to tape dead bodies. Ed Driscoll writes,

It's even more astonishing, coming from a network which for over a decade whitewashed images of Saddam Hussein's atrocities, just to maintain a "LIVE FROM BAGHDAD" line chromakeyed on the screen while their reporter spoke in front of Saddam's Ministry of Information. Broadcasting the same lies from Saddam Hussein's propaganda ministers they could have just as easily have picked up on any news wire and reported from CNN's facilities in Atlanta--along with some thoughts on what the true story might be.

I think it would be unseemly if media showed both the jumpers and the bloated hurricane corpses. Such visuals aren't needed to appreciate the awfulness.

"Media Plans to Show New Orleans Bodies"

UPDATE: For example, Michelle Malkin didn't need to post pictures of Sep. 11 jumpers. It's her being needlessly provocative.

Posted by Sean Hackbarth in Media at 07:21 PM | Comments (1)

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