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U.S. agency blocks photos of New Orleans dead
Reuters | September 7, 2005

Posted on 09/06/2005 10:29:23 PM PDT by HAL9000

NEW ORLEANS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. government agency leading the rescue efforts after Hurricane Katrina said on Tuesday it does not want the news media to take photographs of the dead as they are recovered from the flooded New Orleans area.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily criticized for its slow response to the devastation caused by the hurricane, rejected requests from journalists to accompany rescue boats as they went out to search for storm victims.

An agency spokeswoman said space was needed on the rescue boats and that "the recovery of the victims is being treated with dignity and the utmost respect."

"We have requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media," the spokeswoman said in an e-mailed response to a Reuters inquiry.

The Bush administration also has prevented the news media from photographing flag-draped caskets of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, which has sparked criticism that the government is trying to block images that put the war in a bad light.

The White House is under fire for its handling of the relief effort, which many officials have charged was slow and bureacratic, contributing to the death and mayhem in New Orleans after the storm struck on Aug. 29.



TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alreuters; fema; hurricane; hurricanekatrina; katrina; neworleans; photojournalism
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1 posted on 09/06/2005 10:29:23 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Let's see if the leftist make a big deal to get these released like the military photos.


2 posted on 09/06/2005 10:30:28 PM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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To: HAL9000

Naturally, no mention of the LA government's bumblings of past and present. Typical Reuters.


3 posted on 09/06/2005 10:30:53 PM PDT by TBarnett34 (Hillary Clinton IS the Great Satan.)
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To: HAL9000
I haven't seen this much blood dancing since Paul Wellstones' funeral
4 posted on 09/06/2005 10:31:00 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: HAL9000

Good call, FEMA.


This is not a Spicoli operation with one guard, one celebrity, five photogs and no bilge plug.


5 posted on 09/06/2005 10:31:03 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg. Gosh I miss her!)
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To: HAL9000
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily criticized for its slow response

Grrr...why don't they criticize idiot Blanco for sitting on her thumb for days before going to the feds for assistance, hmmm?

6 posted on 09/06/2005 10:31:05 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: HAL9000

I've seen plenty of dead bodys on cnn's coverage in the last day or so.


7 posted on 09/06/2005 10:31:38 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: Andy from Beaverton
Let's see if the leftist make a big deal to get these released like the military photos.

You know they will. And they'll run HUGE versions of the images with the text "BUSH LIED, THEY DIED" on them.

Mark my words.

8 posted on 09/06/2005 10:32:05 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: Andy from Beaverton

What do you mean "get the photos released"? They either take the pictures or they don't - if they take them, there isn't anything the government can do to stop them from being published. About the only thing they can do is refuse to cooperate with any news agency that publishes such photos.


9 posted on 09/06/2005 10:32:27 PM PDT by The Noodle
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To: HAL9000

I think seeing 40,000 dead bodies is way over the top...Glad FEMA stepped in.


10 posted on 09/06/2005 10:32:49 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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40,000??? where are you coming up with that number?


11 posted on 09/06/2005 10:34:08 PM PDT by The Noodle
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To: dc-zoo

What a wonderful way for the family to find out that their loved one is dead. Media scum.

Recover, notify next of kin, then bury/cremate. Respect. If the family wants to have the corpse on TV, then that is their call.


12 posted on 09/06/2005 10:35:34 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
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To: shield

OK, I found an article with that figure - still, that seems unlikely to me.


13 posted on 09/06/2005 10:35:43 PM PDT by The Noodle
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To: shield

I think seeing 40,000 dead bodies is way over the top...Glad FEMA stepped in.

I disagree. they should be show to anyone contemplating a public office with responsibility for lives and those that vote for them....


14 posted on 09/06/2005 10:35:52 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: HAL9000

Photos or no photos, it won't make a difference. People see what they want to see in the reporting of this story.


15 posted on 09/06/2005 10:36:09 PM PDT by TheOtherOne (I often sacrifice my spelling on the alter of speed™)
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To: HAL9000

It's a shame when the government has to remind the maggots in the DemocRATS' Liberal "media" that exploitation of the dead for political purposes is inhumane.


16 posted on 09/06/2005 10:37:18 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (We did not lose in Vietnam. We left.)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon

Unless they died in the past day or two, I doubt anyone would be recognizable. I have seen numerous bodies on the news, and in many cases it was hard to tell it was a human body.


17 posted on 09/06/2005 10:37:32 PM PDT by The Noodle
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To: HAL9000
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. government agency leading the rescue efforts after Hurricane Katrina said on Tuesday it does not want the news media to take photographs of the dead as they are recovered from the flooded New Orleans area.

Since when is the government in charge of what the media prints or does not print? Stupidity like this is what is giving this administration a bad name.

18 posted on 09/06/2005 10:37:40 PM PDT by killjoy (Real Men Love Bush)
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To: Prime Choice

You give the Guardian too much credit. These guys understand about as much about the United States as they do Poland.


19 posted on 09/06/2005 10:38:38 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: Andy from Beaverton
Let's see if the leftist make a big deal to get these released like the military photos.

The US Government did a great job of pimping the casket photos as much as they could on defenselink until the casualty figures started getting too high. If they are so concerned about privacy, why did they have them up on a military site to begin with?

20 posted on 09/06/2005 10:40:18 PM PDT by killjoy (Real Men Love Bush)
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