CBS NEWS' DOUBLE STANDARD... THREATENING AMERICANS OVERSEAS?
"The Skewed Ethics of CBS News"... Who Are You Mike Wallace?

Great post over at The Evangelical Outpost:

The brutal execution of Nick Berg has raised the question of whether the media, particularly CBS News, is partially culpable for his death. Numerous critics, including Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly, believe the prison abuse story could have been covered without releasing the photos of the prisoners. Jonah Goldberg even goes so far as to claim, “The revelation of those humiliating pictures and the political opportunities they created lead to Berg's beheading.”

Although CBS News was the first to break the story and show the photos, the network made the surprising decision not to air the video of Berg’s death.* The official explanation given by corporate officials for not broadcasting the clip in its entirety was that it would violate FCC regulations against indecency. But this excuse rings hollow considering what CBS has shown in the past. (full article)