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  • Essay / The influence of media censorship

    However, some believe that the decision not to publish Jarecke's photo was less about protecting readers and more about preserving the "dominant narrative" of a good and clean war . According to Stella Kramer, freelance photo editor for Life, “As far as Americans are concerned, no one has ever died” (DeGhett 81). Photographs tell stories and Jarecke's photographs tell a story about the effects of combat and Allied airstrikes. I believe photos like these should be published, if we fight in a war we should be able to deal with the effects of it. War is something that should not be taken lightly and therefore we must face its devastating effects. These photographs serve as a reminder to those who may not understand the seriousness of war in which people die every day fighting so that we can live in a world of