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Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:00 AM

Why we're publishing the new Abu Ghraib photos

America -- and the world -- has the right to know what was done in our name.
By Walter Shapiro

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  • Thursday, February 16, 2006 12:20 PM

    This is a shameless plea from Salon for more hits today

    Publication of these photos is not journalism. Publication of these photos is not brave. Publication of these photos is the sad effort of a two-bit internet 'zine (it didn't used to be two-bit!) that's trying to get more hits today. What you're doing is as bad as what happened at Abu Ghraib!! Do these poor tortured men need their penises put on the internet for everyone to see? You're publicizing their humiliation. We already know about the horrible things that have happened at Abu Ghraib - how could you further exacerbate these men's torture for the sake of $$$$$$$?

    —D. Parrish

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