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Journalism & Media A Coffin, a Flag, a Photograph
For the first time in 18 years, the Pentagon granted the news media access on Sunday night to cover the arrival of a coffin to Dover Air Force Base from overseas.
The ban has been the subject of debate for years. Supporters cite the privacy of family members and say that, in its absence, casualties could become politicized; critics point to the First Amendment and have accused the government of trying to keep the public in the dark about the human toll of war.
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 Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the... |
