Hussein: Coverage wrap-ups 3
The Hollywood Reporter’s Paul J. Gough writes about today’s coverage…
The networks were split on showing Saddam’s body. CNN and Fox showed a still photograph, with Fox News showing a before-and-after with one shot of the dictator in his heyday “Alive” and the other today “Dead.” MSNBC and NBC News didn not show anything.
“We here at NBC News have chosen not to take any video or stills that we may obtain and show them to you of Saddam Hussein’s body specifically,” MSNBC anchor Alex Witt said Saturday morning.
NBC’s decision was made by NBC News President Steve Capus and vp broadcast standards Dave McCormick.
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper also pledged restraint Friday night: “We’re going to be very judicious in how we show them to you. We obviously will take great care in that.”
MSNBC did show the “After” photo this afternoon but Contessa Brewer kept giving a warning that the photo might be to graphic for some viewers.
Comment by IceMan — December 31, 2006 @ 1:35 am
Thats very disgusting and tacky to have a “Before and After”. I mean are the viewers too dumb to notice the body is dead and need to be told thats what it looks like after dead? It’s a joke.
Comment by Mike Beckham — December 31, 2006 @ 5:31 am
Nice to see the MSM,and AC especially, were less willing to show the photos of Saddam. However, CNN and the rest of the MSM was way too giddy to show jihadi sniper videos in the name of “the unvarnished truth”. And yet they claim there’s no bias.
Comment by eddiebear — December 31, 2006 @ 8:33 pm