Yesterday’s AP Photo of Afghan Suicide Bombing: Revisiting the Censorship of Images of Wounded American Soldiers

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AP Photo of Afghan Suicide Bombing: Revisiting the Censorship of Images of Wounded American Soldiers – Reading The Pictures

If there is anything that is shocking to me about the subject at this point, it’s that the visual censorship of these wars has been so absolute that many today fail to understand why such scenes would be even be relevant to see.

via Reading The Pictures: http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/2012/04/yesterdays-ap-photo-of-afghan-suicide-bombing-revisiting-the-censorship-of-images-of-wounded-american-soldiers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Bagnewsnotes+%28BAGnewsNotes%29

If there is anything that is shocking to me about the subject at this point, it’s that the visual censorship of these wars has been so absolute that many today actually fail to understand why such scenes would even be important or relevant to see.