We’ve been hearing quite a bit from the networks about how they are making history by showing us the first war in 'real time'. Sporting a fairly bad toupee, CNN anchor Aaron Brown waxed breathlessly this weekend about the networks and their role bringing the real war to the viewing public.
But, now that they actually have some footage showing the true ravishes of war, they refuse to show it. Now I can understand why the networks wanted to obey the Pentagon’s edict of not showing dead soldiers until the families had been identified, but all of the networks are refusing to show ANY of the footage, including the footage of the interrogations of the POWs.
David Westin, the ABC News president, said he decided ABC News should not show the pictures. "I don't think there's any news value in it," he said.
No news value.
No.
News.
Value.
Nothing Americans might find interesting. Nothing that might suggest the actual nature of the Iraqi regime we are fighting. Nothing that shows the true reality of war.
I had to sit there yesterday and listen to every reporter and reporterette tell me how grisly the video was, how shocking, how alarming. I guess I’m just supposed to have that be MY take on it too, since lay people surely couldn’t handle a dose of such reality.
If CNN or FOX is worried about offending the suburban moms and their kids, then announce that in five minutes we’re going to show some strong video, if you don’t want to see this, we suggest you turn your TV off now. They could tune back in a few minutes and no one would be hurt. This would go for the families of the service people as well.
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