The New York Times reports that Robert Gates is considering lifting the ban on publishing photos of dead soldiers' caskets.
While I'm always happy to see censorship bite the big one, I can't help but think that the media is a bit glib in its eagerness to photograph these caskets after doing such a terrible job covering the wars. At what point with the editors at newspapers realize that the death of their industry is due to the fact that they sold out to the state's censorial laws to begin with? When do they see that the death of print journalism is not entirely dependent on technological shifts, but editorial changes?
More sadly, when will Gates ban these wars that get the soldiers shot?
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