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If so, my sources apparently were not so wrong at all.
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So far the only place i see it mentioned is here:
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/n...t__1st_Update_
What may be of interest to you (or not) is that, if true, the article says FEMA wasn't asking them not to take pictures, just not to show them. Big difference.
As i said on the last page, I see no good purpose to forcing families of the victims to see images of their poor dead Aunt Tillys corpse tied to a lamp post every time they turn on the TV. |
2nd channel TV news, some minutes ago: reporters now are officially prohibited to join expeditions into the to-be-searched areas of the flooded cities. They are prohibited to board boates with officials, or take boats by themselves.
And on page 2 I wrote: "Not that it is necessary to show such material again and again. It just should not be supressed or prohibited."
The more bodies beeing shown on TV, the worse the impression people have about the ammount of failure of the leadership - and the worse for the administration. That simple censorship can be explained. No images - no public awerness.
Ouch, and Bush's personal buddy, head of FEMA, was ordered back to Washington. yesterday they said he was replaced by some coastguard man. If he was pulled out due to his incompetence I wonder why he is still allowed to continue as head of FEMA (status of this news: yesterday). seems it helps to be a friend of the president.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4231648.stm
I think he will serve dual purpose now: ending his inexperience and incompetence, and turning him into a pawn to be sacrificed in order to bring some relief from critizism of Bush's handling of this crisis.
The American system did nor really shine in glory and honour in all this. Observation this is, no malicious joy.
Again - much more written - and then deleted. Hey Neal, your recipe works!
