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Media barred in death zone (Honore speaks)
The Age ^ | 9-11-05

Posted on 09/10/2005 7:32:40 AM PDT by STARWISE

THE US military is to bar journalists and photographers from documenting the recovery of bodies left on the streets of New Orleans by hurricane Katrina.

Lieutenant-General Russel Honore, the commander of the relief operation, said on Friday that while the military had allowed reporters covering the catastrophe free rein, it was now slamming the door shut out of respect for the possibly thousands of victims and their families.

"We've had total access to everything we've done — the good, the bad and the ugly — but that operation (the recovery of corpses) will be conducted with dignity and respect for the families," the general said.

"There will be zero access to that operation. It would not be good to have pictures of people, the deceased, shown on any media."

Lieutenant-General Honore called for published pictures of corpses to be removed from websites.

As the water is slowly drained by pumps — and more bodies are revealed — journalists will be restricted from entering the parts of the city that have been submerged.

(Excerpt) Read more at theage.com.au ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: blanco; blanko; bodies; cnn; disaster; ghouls; honore; hurricane; katrina; lakenagin; leader; mediaout; nagin; naginsshame; neworleans; searchandrescue
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Guess CNN et al will have to look elsewhere for sensationalism. Give 'em hell, General!
1 posted on 09/10/2005 7:32:42 AM PDT by STARWISE
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To: STARWISE

Excellent decision! Lots of precedences for this.


2 posted on 09/10/2005 7:35:38 AM PDT by i_dont_chat (Our President's intervention saved lives.)
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To: Peach; Mo1; kcvl; MJY1288; ohioWfan; snugs; GretchenM; JustaCowgirl; MeekOneGOP; LUV W; Dog

Leadership PING!


3 posted on 09/10/2005 7:35:46 AM PDT by STARWISE (GITMO IS TOO GOOD FOR THE 911 TRAITORS -- SEND THEM ALL TO EGYPT FOR QUESTIONING.)
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Image Hosted by ImageShack.us thanks to Musket for the photo.
4 posted on 09/10/2005 7:36:34 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: STARWISE

Amen. The media vultures shouldn't be provided with corpses to pick over.


5 posted on 09/10/2005 7:36:48 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Gentlemen may cry, "Peace! Peace!" -- but there is no peace. - Patrick Henry)
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To: STARWISE
Honore isn't the most articulate guy in the world. At times, he seemed like a dullard, more in tune with the voices in his head than with the questions being directed at him.

None of which means he isn't a great field commander. It's just that some guys aren't made for the spotlight.

The Coast Guard vice admiral is the guy you want for your front man.

6 posted on 09/10/2005 7:37:13 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: STARWISE

...waiting for the MSM to turn on LTG Honor'e any minute now...


7 posted on 09/10/2005 7:37:42 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: IronJack

I'll take Honore ANY day ... thank God for him.


8 posted on 09/10/2005 7:38:27 AM PDT by STARWISE (GITMO IS TOO GOOD FOR THE 911 TRAITORS -- SEND THEM ALL TO EGYPT FOR QUESTIONING.)
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To: cripplecreek

LOL!!!!!!


9 posted on 09/10/2005 7:39:20 AM PDT by STARWISE (GITMO IS TOO GOOD FOR THE 911 TRAITORS -- SEND THEM ALL TO EGYPT FOR QUESTIONING.)
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To: STARWISE

Oh, we'll see the press fight for their rights
(to publish photos of the dead)
because after all, it's George Bush's fault!
/sarc


10 posted on 09/10/2005 7:39:47 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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I wouldn't object to media presence on these missions, as long as there were no cameras. That way nobody can accuse anybody of covering things up and decency is preserved.

But if Lt. Gen. Honore says no media, the only thing you can say to him is, "Yes, sir!" That man doesn't take any guff from anyone.


11 posted on 09/10/2005 7:42:08 AM PDT by wimpycat (Hyperbole is the opiate of the activist wacko.)
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To: STARWISE

On the CNN website

Judge supports CNN request to cover Katrina's toll

Saturday, September 10, 2005; Posted: 1:33 a.m. EDT (05:33 GMT)


HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- At the request of CNN, a federal judge in Texas Friday night blocked emergency officials in New Orleans from preventing the media from covering the recovery of bodies from Hurricane Katrina.

Attorneys for the network argued that the ban was an unconstitutional prior restraint on news gathering.


12 posted on 09/10/2005 7:46:04 AM PDT by Chuck54 (Confirm justice Roberts!)
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I think on the whole the US are more sensitive to this than we are in Britain. I think in Britain we would not be as respectful to this.

Personally I think that this is a good decision and the argument that there should be a record of this does not hold water because I am sure the army/local official whoever will take some sort of photos for record/legal reasons plus also assisting with autopsies though apart from long shots I do not think these should be released.
13 posted on 09/10/2005 7:47:51 AM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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I agree he and Allen will make a great team no nonsense and will not take any BS from the media.
14 posted on 09/10/2005 7:49:03 AM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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.......................................G.O.O.D..........................................

This nation doesn't need to watch the MSM showing only pix of blacks, with commentary about how Bush is at fault.


15 posted on 09/10/2005 7:49:18 AM PDT by kitkat ("We're not going to let anybody frighten us from our great love of freedom." GWB, 7/22/05))
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To: i_dont_chat
Excellent decision! Lots of precedences for this.

Which precedents are you thinking of?

During WWII, I believe that up until Tarawa that we didn't allow war correspondents to freely publish pictures of the dead, but I believe that from Tarawa onward that we allowed such pictures of dead soldiers.

Otherwise, I cannot think of any such restriction on the press, but the history of journalistic photography is not a part of history that I spend a lot of time on, so perhaps such restrictions were more common than I thought?

16 posted on 09/10/2005 7:51:12 AM PDT by snowsislander
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To: STARWISE; texianyankee; COEXERJ145; Trajan88

After the Galveston storm of 1900, "Kodak fiends" were treated like looters and summarily shot.


17 posted on 09/10/2005 7:51:32 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: STARWISE

To paraphrase an oldy, 'Only the Media walks in where even ghouls fear to tread.'


18 posted on 09/10/2005 7:51:51 AM PDT by Eastbound
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To: Chuck54

How ridiculous plus also those taling heads at CNN who want to have the photos are not the ones that will have to take them exposing themselves to possible disease and mental horrors. I suspect a lot of the photographers on the ground in NO are not keen on participating.


19 posted on 09/10/2005 7:52:09 AM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- At the request of CNN, a federal judge in Texas Friday night blocked emergency officials in New Orleans from preventing the media from covering the recovery of bodies from Hurricane Katrina.

A "state of emergency" is in effect. The situation is no longer under the jurisdiction of the judge.

I also wonder if this "judge" has anything to say about the unconstitutional confiscation of firearms from law-abing citizens defending their homes from looters and thugs.

20 posted on 09/10/2005 7:53:09 AM PDT by tarheelswamprat (This tagline space for rent - cheap!)
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