[lit-ideas] Re: News via the web
- From: JulieReneB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:05:40 EST
NPR did coverage of it every hour of headlines and in All Things Considered.
CNN had it as first headline all day. I don't recall what world news half
hour I watched last night, but they did about 10 minutes on it, saying they had
edited out images that would be considered too gruesome; they did show two of
the bodies hanging from the bridge, though if you didn't know what you were
looking at you might not have known what you were looking at. Browsing Yahoo
yesterday I came upon a pic I wish I hadn't --don't know the source, but it was
very close up, very graphic, of one of the charred torso's totally blackened,
with Iraqi's standing around it with shovels having dismembered it. Quite
enough gore and coverage for me, anyway. I closed out the picture with a sense
of indecency -- it did not seem appropriate to show the public what had been
done to that man, for his family's sake. Not sure what you were expecting, but
it didn't seem under-covered to me.... my only gripe was that the news anchor
on whichever world news it was did not make the direct link between the fact
that these 4 men were security guards for an American contract company being
paid to do rebuilding in Iraq, taking jobs that Iraqi's are desperate for
themselves. This in no way justifies what was done, but any motive beyond
"they
were Americans" was not mentioned.
Julie Krueger
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Subj:[lit-ideas] Re: News via the web
Date:4/1/2004 12:54:49 PM Central Standard Time
From:andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Obviously Andreas doesn't get the New York Times. I also saw the video
> on TV last night.
The videos were not shown on local TV. Most of the networks did not show any
videos. CNN USA did not show the videos. Peter Jennings and the other major
American news services refused to show the videos.
The NYT Times website indeed shows a video. However, it is digitally
altered. The bodies are barely recognizable as anything other than dark
spots. You didn't see the video. You saw a version that had been edited and
sanitized, pixelated and blurred.
In other words: The NYT shows a censored video.
A number of European news sites show clear images of the events. I read that
the videos were shown on British, Spanish, and French TV.
The NYT writes that the events are not in line with the official White House
position that the Iraqi violence is being done by militia. In the videos
(censored or otherwise), one sees a cheering celebrating lynch mob.
NPR this morning reported that reaction of Iraqis to the killings was split;
half thought the mutilations went too far. Both sides however agreed they
hated Americans.
June 30th, when the US turns power over to Iraq, is only 90 days away now.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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