First Mainstream Media Fatality Picture?
Last week the New York Times published a picture of a U.S. Marine kikked in an ambush during the large scale offensive near the Syrian border in Iraq. 32 months and 2,000+ dead Americans later, this may be the first image of a U.S. military fatality to be published by the Mainstream Media.
What does that mean? Who knows. But maybe even the MSM is tiring of Administration restrictions of what can be reported from Iraq.
I definitely do not want to see any more Americans or Iraqis killed. But as long as this war is going on, we need to see what is being done. We need to confront the violence and death America has exported to Iraq. We need to decide if we support such violence.
Thanks to Bag News Notes for posting the picture.
posted by Jay Larsen at 2:05 PM
1 Comments:
Now that Bush is being seen as weak and ineffective, with a very low popularity rating, those in the news feel that they will not run the risk of being seen as anti-American if the publish these pictures.
This veteran hopes it continues, people should know about the horrors of war. To many people in this country live sheltered lives and use mytology as fact.
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