Fox News Channel was the first to run some of the Saddam hanging footage

[sabra]

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=focusoniraq&xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/January/focusoniraq_January9.xml

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Fox News Channel was the first to run some of the footage shortly after 4 p.m. EST Saturday. The grainy, shaky video includes an angle of the hanging and audio of sometimes testy exchanges between Saddam, his executioners and witnesses as the former dictator is led to the gallows.

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Fox News Channel wasn’t willing to carry anything further than where it had stopped with the government-provided videotape, when the noose was being fitted around Saddam’s neck. The cell phone video continues with Saddam’s body falling through the trap door but no US network ran that portion on the air. CNN too showed the video up to the noose, not necessarily because of any camera angle but, like others, because of the audio.

CNN’s Web site showed the tape only up to the point just before Saddam fell; Fox News’ site (http://one.revver.com/watch/130549) showed what appeared to be the entire video, including Saddam’s body on the ground with his neck broken. Both sites warned viewers about the graphic nature.

MSNBC.com, on the other hand, adhered to the standards of NBC News and didn’t show the graphic parts of the video. NBC News showed some of the Iraqi government’s video and reporting by Richard Engel of what eyewitnesses said, along with a shot of Saddam’s body wrapped in a shroud with his head poking out — the same shot, NBC News president Steve Capus noted, that was on the front page of the New York Times.

[Submariner]

1. Well that makes sense

Faux news viewers are the blood-thirsty chickenhawks of the 101st Keyboard Infantry who have no problems with blood and guts, as long as it is not them or their kin. They never had many life experiences so they live vicariously through Faux news clips that make them feel like they are there in the crowd....but still safe at home shoving a Krispy Kreme down their yellow-bellied gullets.