9/08/2005

Dead Body Ban

Echoing a Defense Department policy banning the photographing of flag-draped coffins of American troops, representatives from the much-maligned Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday that it didn't want journalists to accompany rescue boats as they went out to search for storm victims, because "the recovery of the victims is being treated with dignity and the utmost respect." An agency spokeswoman told Reuters, "We have requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media." - Washington Post

Whatever your politics - you are about to witness government doing what it does best: the collective, and individual covering of caudal parts on a monumental scale.

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