censorship of hurricane katrina images

candidlynuts

i've been reading a lot of new orleans area message boards and more and more i'm reading angry posts about the lack of pictures of st bernard parish in particular but the overall censorship of photographs.

anyone heard anything?

opinons on if censorship is a violation of freedom of the press?

i know no one wants to see dead bodies floating around..........wait..let me ammend that, most people dont want to see that, people from that area are desperate to search as many pictures as they can see to see if they can find loved ones even if they are dead.

warnings about graphic pictures could be posted and it could be a CHOICE if you view them or not.

are more pictures of the affected areas being shown in international press than the american press? anyone know?

even the NOAA website with satelite imagery doesnt show the st bernard parish area from the past couple days. it shows the other areas but not that one. also areas of the other photos are blurred.

just an issue i thought about tonight.. bringing it up for discussion.

Eyebrow2

I think there will be more pictures as more go to that area to help the victims. The focus has been more on Jefferson Parish, and I don't think the media has really gone out there enough. The "story" was in NO....know what I mean?

ballistic

They have shown several dead bodies on BBC, they do not show faces, they tend to try to use these kinds of pictures sparingly. I don't think it is censorship with the BBC, more like taste and respect.

Robdar

Why are you surprised? Haven't you noticed that the pictures of the body bags carrying the remains of our young people home from Iraq have been censored? When is the last time you saw one? The government doesn't want to upset our sensitive citizens by showing them the uglier side of things. God forbid that we should worry and not be happy.

skyman

I think it is not right to cencor the picture the pictures are made to look less like death and more rosey which I think slowed down the response