[Andy from Beaverton]

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

[TBarnett34]

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

[Texasforever]

I haven't seen this much blood dancing since Paul Wellstones' funeral

[Petronski]

Good call, FEMA.


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

[Prime Choice]

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?

[dc-zoo]

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

[shield]

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

[TheOtherOne]

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

[FlingWingFlyer]

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.

[killjoy]

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.

[de Buillion]

""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. "

Before reading this post, I have been sensing a conspiratorial effort on the part of all gov't officials and media to withhold actual causuality count figures. I think the public is being lied to. To what end, I assume it is to not further depress the evacuees?

[Jeff Gordon]

No pictures of New Orleans dead people?

Not even the walking dead like Mayor Nagin?

[bnelson44]

There is going to be many, many dead.

[Alter Kaker]

If we don't have photographs, how will Louisiana officials identify the dead when they show up at the polls on election day?

[msnimje]

Al'Reuters is in true form tonight.

[injin]

I agree , the dead should not be filmed or photographed ,
it's disrespectful . Let them be .
I think many have a morbidity fetish , let's not feed that.

[trubluolyguy]

Good God don't these vultures have ANY sense of decency?

What am I saying? They're journalists!


Of course not.

[VeniVidiVici]

Has Rooters published photos of the victims of 9/11?

[numberonepal]

I was supposed to be on a crew to look for and remove bodies in MS this week. It is my understanding that the people on body removal are "professionals" only, meaning military or med tech. The fella that hooked me up assumed I was military, but I'm not. So, I was not allowed on a crew.

I have also spoken with one of the building inspectors in Pascagoula (some of his family will be loaned a house owned by my family) and he says even he can't find out any actual numbers. That may not seem all that strange to folks from not around these parts. Why would a building inspector know what the body count is? Well because in Pascagoula everybody knows everybody, and this guy is one of only three building inspectors in the city. They are checking every building for structural damage and condemning them left and right. I wonder if the city officials even know the true count. We may never know because it seems there is every effort being made to bury it.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

I found reading of the Galveston 1900 hurricane interesting. The militia and police officers placed looters against the nearest wall or pile of debris and unceremoniously shot them out of hand without benefit of trial or proceeding.

But what was really interesting was they did the same to "Kodiak fiends" caught taking photos of the nude dead. I took the term Kodiak fiend to mean MSM of the era. Would prove to be a worthy idea to resurrect same treatment for present day MSM.