Many major newspapers decide against running POW
photos
Washington Post
The New York Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia
Inquirer, Boston Globe and USA Today chose not to run prisoner of war
images from an al-Jazeera videotape. Howard Kurtz writes:
"But the verdict was hardly unanimous, and the POWs stared out from
the front pages of the Washington Times and New York Daily News. The
Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times used photos on inside pages."
A USA Today spokesman says his paper wants "to be sensitive
to the feelings of those whose loved ones may be in jeopardy."
> EMERSON COLLEGE'S JERRY LANSON
WRITES: "The responsibility of good journalists is to
provide what was described more than a half-century ago in a report on
the press as "a truthful, comprehensive, and intelligent
account of the day's events in a context which gives them
meaning." In a visual world, that account includes pictures, even
highly unsettling ones. (Christian Science Monitor)
> Ryan: "There's a thin line between
news and exploitation" (SF Chron)
> Some TV news orgs showed
images of dead U.S. soldiers (Chicago Trib)
> POW pics dominated front
pages of European papers on Monday (WSJ)
> Arab News editor accuses
U.S. media of hiding truth of war (WashPost)
> Harman: U.S. TV audiences
not seeing what rest of the world sees (CSM)
