The Images they Choose, and Choose to Ignore
Why are images of Iraqi casualties of the war available to anyone in the world with internet access but not on US television screens? Al Jazeera reporter Robert Jensen asks news networks like CNN why they will not show the whole picture. He also warns that the most popular image of the war – the toppling of Saddam’s statue – should not be taken so literally; “joy over the removal of Hussein does not mean joy over an American occupation.” –YaleGlobal.
The Images they Choose, and Choose to Ignore
Thursday, April 10, 2003
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