Should American media stop showing Iraqi prisoners

Rolo · 11-08-2004

I think it all comes down to the motive behind showing the prisoners... however there is very thin line between acceptable and propaganda... ex. video of Saddam during his medical exam servered alot more than just the newsworthiness of his capture - it was also a character killing, and therefore propaganda, but it was accepted, because it was Saddam.

But with cheap technology + internet, then I´m sure it will be hard to keep images/videos from entering circulation once they have been taken.

Question should be how people learn what is acceptable and what is propaganda?

11-08-2004	#9
Rolo Members Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Six Feet Under Posts: 2,150	I think it all comes down to the motive behind showing the prisoners... however there is very thin line between acceptable and propaganda... ex. video of Saddam during his medical exam servered alot more than just the newsworthiness of his capture - it was also a character killing, and therefore propaganda, but it was accepted, because it was Saddam. But with cheap technology + internet, then I´m sure it will be hard to keep images/videos from entering circulation once they have been taken. Question should be how people learn what is acceptable and what is propaganda? __________________ "Chaos is the law of nature, order is the dream of man." ~Henry B. Adams (Historian) 1838-1918

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