Talk about "Reality TV"

Inform or inflame ?
Demand to show bodies ...

While I fully believe and support the 1st Amendment and freedom of the press, I also would like to see discretion.

CNN.com - U.S. won't ban media�from New Orleans searches - Sep 10, 2005: "CNN filed suit against Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, arguing that the officials who announced the decision were acting on FEMA's behalf.

'For an agency to unilaterally ban all coverage of a major component of its governmental function, that is, recovery of the deceased victims of the tragedy, is unprecedented,' CNN argued in its legal brief. 'Instead, the agency has made a subjective, content-based determination that publicizing the operation would be 'without dignity.''

CNN's brief argued, 'It is not the place of government to replace its own internal judgment for that of a free and independent media.'

Because of controversy about how FEMA and other agencies handled the disaster response, CNN lawyers argued, 'it is even more vitally important for the public, Congress and the administration to have an independent view of the conduct of this important phase of the operation.'"