Saturday, May 3, 2008
We know that a war is going on. Must you use a photograph of a dying Iraqi 2-year-old, especially on the front page?
I can think of no other reason for putting such a picture on the front page than to stir up opposition to the war and feed anti-U.S. sentiment.
You have sensationalized a child's death and subjected young children to inappropriate images. From now on, I will preview what's in your paper before my children see it.
-- Valerie Murphy
Dunn Loring
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The picture was horrendous. The Post sank to a new low. I am sure that you wouldn't be very happy if that was your baby pictured prominently on the front page.
I have never seen anything as cruel as this.
It's not bad enough that we have lost -- and keep losing -- young people in this war. Veterans coming home from this war are having to get all kinds of physical and mental help; I wonder how they feel looking at this sort of picture.
Why don't you print positive news for a change?
-- Pat Onderdonk
Round Hill
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With tears in my eyes I applaud Associated Press photographer Karim Kadim and The Post for the exquisitely sad and real picture of war on the front page. People who sit at home and have no frame of reference for this brutality should see these pictures every day.
Unfortunately, the neocons who got us into this mess and probably don't read your paper accept only the reality they have created for themselves. Only we mere mortals are burdened with the truth.
-- Martha D'Erasmo
Chevy Chase
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