Media "sensitivity" or media hypocrisy?

They add to their hypocrisy today. An Australian television station, SBS, has obtained more photographs of prisoners at Abu Ghraib being "tortured" (their word, not mine) by U.S. guards. These images were broadcast several days ago, though they were taken in 2003.

ABC has obtained these photos and published the photos themselves, ran an article about them, and broadcast a video report about them as well.

In this video segment, David Kerley reports that Richard Meyers, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time these pictures first became public, said in an affidavit that "the release of these images would endanger the lives [sic] and spark violent uprisings throughout the Arab world." The actual affidavit is available here, with the material Kerley referred to being mostly on pages 2 and 3.

In this affidavit, Meyers, as "the highest ranking uniformed officer in the United States Armed Forces," having "served in the United States Armed Forces for 40 years at various levels of command and staff" declared under oath that he believed the release of these photographs would endanger the lives and physical safety of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines in the U.S. Armed Forces, and the lives and physical safety of Iraqi and Afghani civilians, aid terrorists in the Muslim world, and "increase the likelihood of violence against United States interests, personnel, and citizens worldwide."

In my mind, these are pretty good reasons to avoid publishing the images, especially by media outlets in the United States, who you would hope would have the best interest of the U.S. in mind.

Yet, these pictures were released when they first became available, and ABC rushed to get the newly available pictures on their website as quickly as they could this time, even though they avoided publishing the "offensive" Muslim cartoons because Muslim imams were offended by them.

What do you call someone who betrays the interests of his own country and instead forwards the cause of an enemy who has declared war against it? Someone should Google "Benedict Arnold" for an answer to that question. These guys make that guy look like Uncle Sam's best friend.

The hypocrisy of the traitors in The Media is appalling! It seems their standard isn't just "if it bleeds, it leads." It's "if it casts the United States in a negative light, it leads, despite negative repercussions for our country. But, if it might offend the Muslim world without casting the President or the U.S. in a negative light, it doesn't get published." Again, as I've said before, The Media's bias isn't just in how stories are reported, but also in what they choose to report and what they choose to ignore.

By refusing to show the Danish cartoons, and then rushing to show Abu Ghraib images as soon as they are available, ABC has shown us yet again that they are biased hypocrites who cannot be trusted. But, you should already know that by now.