Media Still Banned from Taking Photos of Dead Soldiers Returning Home
I know media can cover the funerals and returning home of dead soldiers now as stated here:
http://www.mail.com/Article.aspx?art...gtech&pageid=1
But the article still says, the media need permission of the dead soldier's family.
But what about once the dead soldier's body leaves the military base and goes to his/her family home? can the media stand outside the dead soldier's family home and take photos of him/her without the family's permission?
Also, anyone know the name of the old law that banned media coverage of dead soldiers returning home and what's the name of the new law?
Re: Media Still Banned from Taking Photos of Dead Soldiers Returning Home
People don't typically take bodies to their homes.
The media can take pictures of events from a lawful vantage point.
This isn't a new law, as such; it's a change of policy.
Re: Media Still Banned from Taking Photos of Dead Soldiers Returning Home
Re: Media Still Banned from Taking Photos of Dead Soldiers Returning Home
Well nobody is going to be able to open the casket and take a picture.
I fail to see what the issue is. One picture of a casket coming off a military plane with an honor guard is the same as any other picture of the same thing. Nobody could tell them apart. What public interest would there be in watching a casket go by? Why would the media even bother? I think is just a symbolic thing and of no real meaning.
Certainly if a local person dies in the war and there is a public or private service there is going to be some media interest and attention. How does this harm anyone?
Why would it even bother anybody?