Associated Press Photo of Fatally Wounded Marine Stirs Controversy

They are suppose to have the freedom to print what they want. Sometimes we need to be made aware of what is going on or we forget unless we are the ones who are loosing loved ones in war.

Hi lamby, the true pictures of war should always be shown and if people are squeamish about seeing them then they aren't obliged to. I always take the view that as even children are casulaties of war we should not keep these images hidden from our own children so that they can better understand what is happening in the world.
Unfortuntely images like that don't support celebrity which is the world most of the media seem to inhabit these days rather than reporting real news.

For once the media publishes the truth and they get hell for it. I am so disgusted with the media covering up realities about.... Obama and war. Why so many people live in a dream world fostered by the media and politicians is beyond me. At least I am one of the few people who prefer the truth not being gullible like so many idiots.

for the price of being on the war. its better he did it that way.

we are all so innocent of on how and what are happening out there. where our fellow country is fighting for our country and yet they ended up just heroes but still we dont know the real score of what is truly happeningto that war and specially to the soldiers of that war.

we have the right to know the truth and for me the AP is doing the right thing. we must be aware of the war and the casualties and the people who are involved and die in that dreadful moment of someone elses life. real life, involves real people.

we must be aware of it. and reflect on it for the rest of our lives and deal on how and why are those things happens. and why would they do not like others to know what is and how the war is... but still i want to know the truth! and thats just it!

jhelai

I followed your link and the links that led from it and never saw the photo in question but have a good idea about it from the descriptions given in the articles. I don't believe the AP did anything wrong. As the reporter said, she was showing people what happens and how people tried to save him. To me, I see no difference between this and showing a car crash victim being loaded in an ambulance as far as content is concerned. It does pull at my heart strings though to know that another vet has fallen cause these kids are my heros!

I believe that it should be law that a picture of EVERY dead soldier is published in the state in which s/he is found by their colleagues. Maybe then, the a$$holes that think that sending troops to fight a war that they can never win, in a country that most cannot find on the map let alone understand why they are there, might just think again.

Of course! Rather than honoring the dead and respecting the wishes of their family, we MUST use the deaths of men and women who serve this country for propaganda and profit. That's far more important than having a freaking soul.

A lot of people have died in this war. Many of them have families who would not have objected to such a thing. Have you even wondered why did the AP feel the need to use THIS soldier and his death for publicity and propaganda instead of another? The answer is so obvious I'm amazed you don't see it. They WANTED this controversy. They wanted people to object and they wanted people to insist it was necessary. They don't care about you. They don't care about the soldiers. They don't even care about showing the cost of war. They just care about headlines and publicity.

When I first read your title, I thought to myself oh no. but my feelings was coming from a moms point of view, seeing her childs dead body on the news. But then I read your discussion and your point of view, you are totally right in my opinion. We as a society do need to see what happens in "War", its also good for us to see fellow soldiers trying to save their friends. We can sit here in the comfort of our homes, on our computers, we have no idea what is going on over seas, we don't know what it is like. Some people do know what is going on, they have been there. Too much of our news is sugar coated, the "real" news would be too upsetting and disturbing. Maybe it should be, it is true that the news does seem to be all bad. The news media can also show the "good" news too, there is plenty of that.

This one I'm sorta torn on, I think that the warmongers would really see what happens in a war but, I also feel badly for the families of the men and women killed during war. Maybe if the press got permission from the family of the soldier than that would be better. It's just an issue with no simple answer.

And by the way, what are you doing in politics? LOL

Too many double standards, in too many areas. We see plenty of dead people in so many suicide bombing situations, I think Gates wants a one way street here. APP had every right.