I ask my question again, why werent thse pictures shown in american newspapers and news websites?

Question

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20060806111249AAz3DW5&r=w

he u want me to show the other side too huh?

Lebanon:
-Over 900 Civilians killed
-2+ Million civilians with no water/ electricity
-800,000 displaced civilians

Isreal:
-approx. 55 killed
- about 100 displace civilians


there is absouloutly NO point of showing the other side, its a big difference

Answer 1

You will actually find very few pictures of the horrors of war in American electronic media, no matter where the fighting is. American media is driven by a mix of popularity and censorship. No one wants to see bloodied humans, particularly at the dinner hour. Hence, not popular and thus not on the electronic media.

Censorship is a different factor that's hard to gauge from the outside. It applies, but the money factor is more important as a limiter, imo.

Answer 2

American media has always kept such images from the public. The claim is it's a matter of taste, but the reality is that it's the nature of democracy that the only way to control the process is to control the perceptions. In large part the ownership class benefits from militarism and pictures of children missing body parts would overcome the sloganeering and dimestore patriotism that supports militarism.

Answer 3

What the first guy said. If Americans actually see what their tax dollars are funding it might erode support for Isreal and Isreali security is the most important priority for our government.

Answer 4

because media is a way to control the american people... make us docile, ignorant and supportive of whatever stupidness that the government gets involved in

Answer 5

Its all propaganda....By controlling the flow of these images to the general public...the government is trying to control emotions and lower opposition to the war. Thats why they show lot of images of suicide bombings in Israel...to get sympathy and support for action....

Answer 6

What's the point? Everyone knows war is hell. If you wanna show some bombed Israeli cities along with those, in a balanced news sort of way, then no problem.