As bodies recovered, reporters are told 'no photos, no stories'

[Pepperbelly]

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On Saturday, after being challenged in court by CNN, the Bush administration agreed not to prevent the news media from following the effort to recover the bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims.

But on Monday, in the Bywater district, that assurance wasn't being followed. The 82nd Airborne soldier told reporters the Army had a policy that requires media to be 300 meters -- more than three football fields in length -- away from the scene of body recoveries in New Orleans. If reporters wrote stories or took pictures of body recoveries, they would be reported and face consequences, he said, including a loss of access for up-close coverage of certain military operations.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/13/MNG3HEMQHG1.DTL

[mattclearing]

1. Nice one, Chronicle.

Glad that someone is reporting this madness.

[O.M.B.inOhio]

2. Free press=don't do a real story now or you can't help 'sell' a war later

They'll be reported? Face consequences? It's not a bombing range, not a military base. The military is not supposed to be part of the GOP PR machine. Jeez.

[cwydro]

3. someone said

that it was bad enough with all the poor blacks dead....the Bushies are terrified that news of white dead will get out too. Showing their true colors once again.

[Pepperbelly]

4. self-kick inappropriate but important story ... nt

[Rowdyboy]

5. Not inappropriate at all to self-kick an important thread like this

Especially considering the amount of silly trash that is regularly kept alive here for no purpose other than personal vanity. Press censorship by the military ALWAYS needs to be uncovered.

Good to hear from you Pepperbelly. Heard from your cousin Wes lately?

[Pepperbelly]

8. no, I am a black sheep I fear.

I have his number but haven't called him lately. Well, I DID have his number. I might be able to find it if I looked. Or maybe not. :smoke:

[Rowdyboy]

9. I can't point any fingers....

I haven't even spoken to my sister who rode our 120 mph winds yet (I know she's okay because my brother talked to her. We're just not that close.

[burrowowl]

6. KICK!

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Kick...