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Channels Struggle on Images of Captured and Slain Soldiers

Date: March 24, 2003
Authors: Bill Carter and Jane Perlez
QUOTE: Television news organizations faced their first wrenching decision about how to use graphic video images of the war with Iraq yesterday, as a videotape of captured and killed American soldiers was withheld from broadcast for most of the day.

ABSTRACT: After an Arab news channel broadcast a video of five captured American prisoners of war, news organizations in the United States face an ethical dilemma regarding how to treat this video material. Some news organizatons say that they are not comfortable allowing the Pentagon to dictate what news they report on their stations. However, many organizations also acknowledge the need to respect those soldiers who lost their lives and their families.
--- Erica Sharkey

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