A corpse is a corpse, of course, of course...

[figmo]

After our government accused Iraq of "violating the Geneva convention" for showing corpses of US soldiers, ABC just showed corpses of Iraqi soldiers.

I don't see the difference.

Comments

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

One interpretation which I heard last night is that it isn't what the media do with pictures which is regulated by the Convention, but what the warring military and political systems do in terms of 'parading' prisoners in front of cameras, and deliberately filming victims, in ways which are degrading to the people involved.

I cannot comment, however.

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

In a word, baloney. If the POWs are not completely free to refuse media interviews, including specific questions -- remember they are _prisoners_ and are NOT free in other ways -- they are being exploited for propaganda value.

This is media war, and we're losing.

It is a fundamental tenet of PsyOP that you _MUST_ retain your reputation for telling the truth, or all is in tatters. And we are clearly, provably NOT telling the truth . . . this really sucks.