[Leica] I really disagree with this policy

[neilsimages at pipeline.com (Neil Schneider)]

On Sep 8, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Paul wrote:

> On 8 Sep 2005, at 14:02, Neil Schneider wrote:
>
>> The AP moved photos yesterday shot by military photographers, with a 
>> note that they had been cleared by the military for release...the 
>> same kind of censor clearance note one has seen on photos moved from 
>> war zones.
>
> Hardly surprising. These photographers are soldiers doing a job - do 
> you expect them to release pictures without going through channels?
>
> P.
>
> *******
> Paul Hardy Carter
>

Don't you think the respective news editors should be the ones to 
decide what's acceptable to publish, and not the government.
Do you have any idea what you are advocating when you say "go through 
channels".
I don't really think you want to see government censorship at work 
here. Its not the society we live in for reports of a hurricane & 
flood.
This is not a national security issue to my knowledge.
The soldiers job there is to keep order, and search for bodies. Not to 
be photo suppliers for the media.
Its perfectly fine for their photo units to document for the military 
archives, not distribute to media where it may be likely
they are forbidding the media access. That still remains to be seen 
though.

Neil