TV news censorship Re: Train woman's narrow escape
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> In message <itujf55i9vdmho5p6r5bfgmhk5uri4r...@4ax.com>, at 23:54:01 on
> Tue, 10 Nov 2009, Charles Ellson <char...@ellson.demon.co.uk> remarked:
>
> >>>> Such things happen every day (somewhere in the world). What's unusual is
> >>>> that the authorities release the CCTV.
>
> >>>And some of the CCTV of similar (but more serious) incidents many of
> >>>us would rather not see.
>
> >>Unless you are in some other parts of the world, where they don't seem
> >>nearly as squeamish.
>
> >The most "censorship" found on many European television channels
> >consists merely of blurring/blanking the victim's faces (and usually
> >the vehicle numberplates if the police haven't already taped them
> >over) to prevent identification.
>
> I'm pretty sure they censored [1] pictures of dead people lying around
> in pools of blood, which were available in India after last year's
> Mumbai incident.
>
> [1] Or if you prefer, "chose not to show".
> --
> Roland Perry
TV news is sanitised pro-US propaganda, to support the military-
industrial complex, especially when it comes to war. They don't want
people to see the true horrors of war, instead making it appear like a
video game. In fact, the video game that was released earlier this
week seems to be more realistic than the TV news coverage.
On the subject of trains, they also sanitise the results of accidents
on the railways and elsewhere, showing more concern for machines than
people, images of destroyed hardware are repeatedly shown but not what
happens to bodies, they just give a "death toll" like it's a cricket
score.
Where I work we have some books on forensic science, they have a lot
of photos you would never see on TV or in the papers, of what is left
when bodies are burnt, mangled etc. If these were to be shown, it
would change peoples attitudes to war and technology.
Jeff Lawrence
news:0a661acd-6899-4944...@k19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
> Where I work we have some books on forensic science, they have a lot
> of photos you would never see on TV or in the papers, of what is left
> when bodies are burnt, mangled etc. If these were to be shown, it
> would change peoples attitudes to war and technology.
Or just visit Rotten.com or similar sites.
Cheers
Jeff