maandag, mei 10, 2004
The power of pictures is unlike any other, says George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC's This Week. The prisoner scandal was detailed to top military leadership in lengthy reports weeks ago, but it attracted little attention until the photos were released. "Until we saw the picture, it didn't burn in."
Bush also says he didn't grasp what was really going on until he saw the photos. And Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry clobbers him with this, thundering in speech after speech that, if he becomes commander in chief, "I won't be the last to know."
At the least, the prisoner photos could be the third strike for public opinion on the war, says Ken Kobre, professor of photojournalism at San Francisco State University. "First came the Fallujah photos in which Iraqi insurgents mutilated the bodies of slain Americans. They make us ask, what are we doing here, defending people who desecrate our sacrifice? Then came the forbidden photos of coffins returning with slain U.S. military — some released by mistake, some smuggled to TheSeattle Times. Those made us think about how we are responsible for sending these people over there to die."
"The curtain of our innocence is ripped away by photographs," says Jim McNay, who teaches visual journalism at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Now, the nation that President Bush calls the global guardian of democracy and human dignity is imprisoned.
By an image.
Bron: USA Today.
Bush also says he didn't grasp what was really going on until he saw the photos. And Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry clobbers him with this, thundering in speech after speech that, if he becomes commander in chief, "I won't be the last to know."
At the least, the prisoner photos could be the third strike for public opinion on the war, says Ken Kobre, professor of photojournalism at San Francisco State University. "First came the Fallujah photos in which Iraqi insurgents mutilated the bodies of slain Americans. They make us ask, what are we doing here, defending people who desecrate our sacrifice? Then came the forbidden photos of coffins returning with slain U.S. military — some released by mistake, some smuggled to TheSeattle Times. Those made us think about how we are responsible for sending these people over there to die."
"The curtain of our innocence is ripped away by photographs," says Jim McNay, who teaches visual journalism at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Now, the nation that President Bush calls the global guardian of democracy and human dignity is imprisoned.
By an image.
Bron: USA Today.
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