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[poliphilo]

On the Daily Telegraph site the jerky footage of a bloodied Gaddafi being roughed up by his captors is preceded (sponsored) by an advertisement for a car. 

Comments

[petercampbell.livejournal.com]

The media over here have this strange concept that, if it's taking place in a distant country, then it's acceptable to show horrific violence in very graphic detail. I can't remember which tabloid it was in a few years back (the Express?) that showed a close up photograph of a severed head, accompanied by "we have to show the horror of war" type justifications.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, because foreigners don't really count as people...

It would of course be unforgivable to show pictures of dead British soldiers.