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|subject=Violence | |subject=Violence | ||
|confronting_bodies=Associated Press | |confronting_bodies=Associated Press | ||
|medium=Journalism | |medium=Photography, Print Journalism | ||
|date_of_action=March 10, 1991 | |date_of_action=March 10, 1991 | ||
|location=Basra, Iraq | |location=Basra, Iraq | ||
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|description_of_incident=When the image reached the New York offices of the Associated Press, the image was deemed too graphic for distribution. It was pulled from the wire. | |description_of_incident=When the image reached the New York offices of the Associated Press, the image was deemed too graphic for distribution. It was pulled from the wire. | ||
|description_of_result=The image did not appear in mainstream United States media. Because it was censored by the Associated Press before distribution, it was not released to newspaper editors and individual papers were not given the opportunity to use their own discretion on whether or not to publish it. It was published only by the London Observer, where it generated considerable controversy. | |description_of_result=The image did not appear in mainstream United States media. Because it was censored by the Associated Press before distribution, it was not released to newspaper editors and individual papers were not given the opportunity to use their own discretion on whether or not to publish it. It was published only by the London Observer, where it generated considerable controversy. | ||
|image= | |image=dead_iraqi_soldier.jpeg | ||
|source=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4528745.stm | |source=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4528745.stm | ||
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