--- Erik Moeller <erik_moeller(a)gmx.de> wrote:
Christopher-
On French Paris Match (paper magazine), last
summer, saw photo of
israeli soldier killed in combat, brain cavity was emply, brian
had
been removed by impact, cranium was 1/2 missing,
and photo showed
the
inside of the head with the brain mostly removed,
and part of the
skull still attached and hanging. Soldier was on a stretcher,
others
were mulling about paying him no attention. This
kind of photo,
we
don't see on US tv/print media.
Well, the conclusion that this is a US vs. Euro phenomenon seems
overreaching. I've never seen such photos in German newspapers, for
example. German media always seemed very sanitized to me.
Point taken. Is there an article somewhere discussing the differences
in media reporting between various european countries?
> Link to but where?
To a file uploaded on our server (provided copyright
is not an
issue),
using a [[Media:]] link.
So we host the photo but don't include it with the article, but on a
separate instance (machine) that is easily accessible.
Do we provide thumprints?
What's truly gained? I mean, having a link to an image and the image
itself are fairly the same. If we cloak the penis image because it
offends, do we cloak the democratic demonstration? The photo of dalai
Lama? The headshot wound? The gnarly, nasty, disgusting-looking yet
medically significant photo of a "insert horrible, disfiguring
medical condition"?
I wonder. I think this might lead to bias. What shows in the article,
verus what is not shown. (Mao's photo shown in article, Sun Yat Sen's
photo cloaked (available, but only through a link)...
I wonder.
=====
Christopher Mahan
chris_mahan(a)yahoo.com
818.943.1850 cell
http://www.christophermahan.com/
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