Coverage of war dead triggers fierce debate

By Mark Jurkowitz

Globe Staff / May 4, 2004

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Several times during the conflict in Iraq, US news outlets have had to make tough choices. Last year, journalists debated the propriety of displaying the mutilated bodies of Saddam Hussein's sons Qusay and Uday after they had been killed by US forces. A month ago, the tough call was whether to show the charred remains of American civilian contractors murdered ... (Full Article: 778 Words)