New DOD Photo Rules Prompt Outcry

FLIGHT LINE PHOTOGRAPHER — U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Snyder, of 407th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs, captures photographs of flight line operations on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rob Wieland

From The Politico:

U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan are retreating somewhat from an effort to ban embedded journalists from publishing photos or video of American soldiers killed in action there, according to ground rules issued Thursday.

But the new limitations on embeds – put in place after a flap between the Pentagon and the Associated Press over a photo of a wounded soldier - have elicited deep concerns from military journalists and press advocates.

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Update: US military backs away from ban on photos of dead -- AP

My Comment: For the families who have had to see pictures of their dead love ones on media outlets .... I am sure that most (if not all of them) will support this new policy. On the opposite side, the majority of photographers will probably not want this restriction.