Comments on: Pentagon Changes Policy on Media Photos of War Dead http://donklephant.com/2009/02/26/pentagon-changes-policy-on-media-photos-of-war-dead/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Skepticat http://donklephant.com/2009/02/26/pentagon-changes-policy-on-media-photos-of-war-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-437043 Skepticat Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:43:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=13779#comment-437043 "While photos of flag-draped coffins lined up in the back of a plane might be dramatic, I don’t think they serve any notable purpose and don’t inform us nearly as much as the soldier obituaries run in papers across America and released regularly by the DoD." I disagree about their impact. The painful drumbeat of those photos had a notable effect on public perception of the toll of the Vietnam war. No one sees all the obituaries, but the coffins "row on row",* day after day, can make a difference. (apologies to Lt.Col. McCrae) “While photos of flag-draped coffins lined up in the back of a plane might be dramatic, I don’t think they serve any notable purpose and don’t inform us nearly as much as the soldier obituaries run in papers across America and released regularly by the DoD.”

I disagree about their impact. The painful drumbeat of those photos had a notable effect on public perception of the toll of the Vietnam war. No one sees all the obituaries, but the coffins “row on row”,* day after day, can make a difference.
(apologies to Lt.Col. McCrae)

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