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From: "Architexturez." <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:03:45 +0530
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10 September 2005. Thanks to D:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/10/katrina.media/index.html
Judge supports CNN request to cover Katrina's toll
Saturday, September 10, 2005; Posted: 1:33 a.m. EDT (05:33 GMT)
HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- At the request of CNN, a federal judge in
Texas Friday night blocked emergency officials in New Orleans from
preventing the media from covering the recovery of bodies from Hurricane
Katrina. Attorneys for the network argued that the ban was an
unconstitutional prior restraint on news gathering. U.S. District Judge
Keith Ellison issued a temporary restraining order against a "zero
access" policy announced earlier Friday by Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore,
who is overseeing the federal relief effort in the city, and Terry
Ebbert, the city's homeland security director. A hearing was scheduled
for Saturday morning to determine if the order should be made permanent.
In explaining the ban, Ebbert said, "we don't think that's proper" to
let media view the bodies.
10 September 2005. A writes:
I hope you will cover the Katrina body recovery story. The Feds are
stonewalling, and editors (print/electronic) are sanitizing coverage so
that -- apparently -- it is "suitable" for six-year-olds.
cont'd...
http://cryptome.org/katdead-01/katrina-dead-01.htm