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| COLUMBIA CREW MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED AS IRAQI WAR CASUALTIES | ||
| 2004-04-23 | ||
Many news organizations across the country are mistakenly identifying the flag-draped caskets of the Space Shuttle Columbia's crew as those of war casualties from Iraq. Editors are being asked to confirm that the images used in news reports are in fact those of American casualties and not those of the NASA astronauts who were killed Feb.1, 2003, in the Columbia tragedy. An initial review of the images featured on the Internet site www.thememoryhole.org shows that more than 18 rows of images from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware are actually photographs of honors rendered to Columbia's seven astronauts.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Much of the photograpy in the press is produced by freelancers who are paid only when the images are used. Standard procedure in the news biz is use of stock footage, but whether using file or freelance images they should always be labelled. Failure to provide credit is editorial laziness and reflects poor judgement and lack of integrity. ed: "just get a picture of some coffins with flags on them. You're holding up the front page!" Sorry, we are talking about the mainstream media here. The word integrity has no meaning. |
| Posted by: john 2004-04-23 10:27:26 PM |
| #8 Military undertakers must have to deal with some particulary horrific cases. Add to those prayers the men and women of DMORT: Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-23 6:58:58 PM |
| #7 "facts and truth don't matter - the agenda is all - emotions speak louder than words - Bush lied!" LLL F'kn assholes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-04-23 6:27:17 PM |
| #6 geezer- you are right. Military undertakers must have to deal with some particulary horrific cases. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-23 5:30:18 PM |
| #5 You don't think any of these ideologically driven metrosexual pricks care one way or the other what pictures they show, do you? The true legacy of Bill Clinton is that now they don't even have to go through the motions of trying to be factual. You say, print, or show anything that can be used to advance your agenda, true or not. Oh, and by the way, attack in very condescending tones anyone who questions your veracity. |
| Posted by: Random thoughts 2004-04-23 5:29:54 PM |
| #4 While we're all at it, spare a kind thought for the scores of thick-skinned men & women (military and civvie) of the Dover Port Mortuary. It's a tough job that few, if any, ever think about or appreciate. God bless them, our fallen comrades and their loved ones. |
| Posted by: geezer 2004-04-23 5:20:31 PM |
| #3 haha....serves them right. Their desperation to pick the bones of our dead is sick. |
| Posted by: B 2004-04-23 4:39:59 PM |
| #2 Friggin' ghouls. F* em all! |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-04-23 4:36:13 PM |
| #1 Gotta take the link down off of the Kerry 4 Prez website. Oops. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-23 4:26:24 PM |