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NEWS ABOUT: media ban

media ban stories: 3 news summaries

 Media Lose Interest in War 
 Dead: Only AP Shoots Coffins 

Photo ban lifted, but photographers aren't bothering

Sep 29, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Back when George W. Bush was president, the media made a big fuss about the administration’s refusal to allow the press to photograph soldiers’ coffins, saying it hid the true cost of the war. President Obama lifted the ban in April, and the media flocked to snap shots of... More »

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Bush administration • coffin • American media • Obama administration • war dead • media ban

(Newser) - The Pentagon has lifted the media ban at Dover (Del.) Air Force Base and will allow photos of the coffins of US war casualties returning from overseas—provided the service members' families approve. Under the new rules, the families can withhold permission, CNN reports. Some relatives had lobbied against... More »

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Pentagon • Robert Gates • US military • Dover Air Force Base • Department of Defense • defense secretary • Obama administration • President Obama • war dead • media ban

OPINION

 Let the Coffins Be Seen 


Feb 19, 09 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The ban on media at Dover Air Force Base when America’s war dead come home ignores the very rights they died fighting for, and it should be lifted, Connie Schultz writes for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Supporters of the Iraq war have long argued that media images... More »

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US military • Dover Air Force Base • George HW Bush • Iraq war • George W. Bush • caskets • Afghanistan war • President Obama • American flag • war dead • media ban

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