Wanted to alert everyone to this story about the dearth of images showing dead American soldiers in the American press. It is by David Carr of The New York Times. Here is the lede:
FOR war photography, Vietnam remains the bloody yardstick. During the Tet offensive, on Feb. 9, 1968, Time magazine ran a story that was accompanied by photos showing dozens of dead American soldiers stacked like cordwood. The images remind that the dead are both the most patient and affecting of all subjects. The Iraq war is a very different war, especially as rendered at home. While pictures of Iraqi dead are ubiquitous on television and in print, there are very few images of dead American soldiers.
Also, here is a link to another story on this subject from Los Angeles Times' reporter James Rainey.
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