20 setembro 2002

VITAMEDIAS - 9/11 - Sanitizing the News: The journalists’ restraint was a sign that the day belonged to the victims and their families. Taken to an extreme, however, such restraint can easily turn into something much worse -- and more dangerous -- than laudable self-censorship. Historians, and any citizen who cares about historical memory, must ask: “Who controls these images? Who is to be allowed to view them, and under what circumstances, with what limitations?”