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AP Photo of Dying Marine Criticized: Gates Decries Decision to Distribute Image Despite Family's Protests

Date: September 5, 2009

Author: Ann Scott Tyson

QUOTE: The controversy [the Associated Press deciding to distribute a photograph of a mortally wounded Marine in Afghanistan over the objections of the Marine's father] goes to the heart of one of the most sensitive realms of war coverage: the public portrayal of the wounded and the dead.

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Key People:

• Thomas "Tom" A. Curley
• Robert M. Gates Ph.D.

Key Organizations:

• Associated Press, The (AP)
• Washington Post Newspaper

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• Abstract Principles
  • Control / Access / Permission
    • Choices/Tolerance/Flexibility
    • Principles / Guidelines / Rules / Policy
  • Responsibility

• Computers & Information Technology
  • Photography/Visual Information

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • International Relations/Diplomacy
      • War/Military
        • Military Organizations

• Media & Journalism
  • Journalism: Ethics/Objectivity
  • Media Industry Issues
    • Publishing Industry: Newspapers / Magazines / Journals
  • Press Freedom / Media-Government Relations

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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