[killjoy]

Iraqis with bullets holes in their heads, dead, or otherwise beaten up? I have never seen it.

Actually I was pissed over the whole thing. Then I was watching CBS news last night and they had a live report of Dan Rather with 3rd ID (?). The story was about an ambush site that was setup by the Iraqis. The cameraman zoomed in on the dead bodies of two Iraqis close to the end of the segment and stayed on them for at least 10 seconds. If we are going to show footage like that, we have no right to complain about the footage taken by Iraqi TV.

[abnegation]

That was CBS call, NOT the U.S. Government. That is the difference, although CBS should be just ashamed as AJ.

[Numbers Guy]

If we are going to show footage like that, we have no right to complain about the footage taken by Iraqi TV.

The Iraqi filming was done and distributed by the Iraqi government. That is a violation of the Geneva Convention.

CBS filming something on the spot is not something done or distributed by the American government, as CBS is a private corporation. So it is not a violation of the Geneva Convention.

[roses of sharon]

Yes, if Bush gave an order to show dead enemy.

We have a free press and a lst amendment, unlike the Iraqi gov who made the decision to show pictures.

[cyncooper]

The cameraman zoomed in on the dead bodies of two Iraqis close to the end of the segment and stayed on them for at least 10 seconds. If we are going to show footage like that, we have no right to complain about the footage taken by Iraqi TV.

Apples and oranges.

If it was as you say. For many reasons the two situations do not equate. And don't forget the difference between killed in action and executed and paraded on tv for the sickest of reasons.

[GraniteStateConservative]

It has to do with the notion that Iraqi TV is controlled by Iraq, but CBS is not. Only nations and their representatives can be in violation of the Geneva Convention.

[merrin]

Showing TV footage of soldiers killed in combat is not at all the same thing as parading POWs in front of the cameras to humiliate them.