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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad
But couldn't the media's reluctance to publish what many see as a newsworthy item (the pictures all this comotion is about) be seen by some as self-censoring? Certainly publishing the pictures in a manner to incite uproar is wrong, but a fear to publish them due to a political backlash is a problem to.
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It all depends on how you view it. On one hand you can see it as self-censorship -- information *must* be shared, we need to see it.
On the other hand, you can recognize that perhaps it's simply (at this point) in bad taste and perhaps uneccessarily inciting violence.
I am certain that every editor likely struggled long and hard with these issues.
The other thing that everyone seems to completely ignore is that you can find these images quite easily on the Internet. The editors know this and it makes their decision to not publish easier.