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were important parts of the informa-
don flow that built the national deci-
sion to get out of Vietnam. If the press
had refused ro run them, on rh
grounds that they were too disturbing,
too shocking, too sensational, it would
have failed its duty in a democratic
society. The press would have broken
its contract with you.
This isn't an argument that every
lurid picture should be printed.
A few weeks ago, for example, we
were considering pictures for the front
cover of the paper and wanted one ro
call attention to the instances of ter-
rorism that were affecting how the
Wye River agreement was being
implemented. Among those available
was one showing the body of a terror-
ist lying beside his burning jeep after
an attempt to blow up a school bus. It
was a powerful picture, to be sure, but
one that we ultimately rejected. Ir
might have helped sell a few more
papers, but it simply wasn't as infor-
mative as the one we chose, of an
older woman being escorted from the
bombing scene. It was a less dramatic
but more accurate evocation of the
effort by Israel and its ordinary citi-
zens to keep moving toward peace.
Last week, we ran a very disturbing
photo of a 19-year-old Israeli soldier
crouching in fear as a swarm of Pales-
tinians beat him and made off with
his rifle. On a personal level, I vastly
would have preferred not to run that
picture. As a journalist, I know that it
precisely captured the moment and
helped explain why the soldier was
facing court martial for the incident.
The Oakland County judge needed
to see the videotape of Kevorkian to
establish some facts about the incident
and set an appropriate bond. You
needed to be able to choose to see the
tape on 60 Minutes if you wanted to
understand where Kevorkian is taking
the right-to-die process. Democracy
demands an informed citizenry, and
CBS was contributing to that vital
flow of information.
I understand that The Jewish News
is a guest in your house. Guests
shouldn't be vulgar, rude, clamorous
and insensitive to their hosts' feelings.
But you invite us in to tell you hon-
estly what is happening in our com-
munity. Occasionally that means we
have to show you something shocking.
We'd be cheating you if we didn't.
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LEBANON STAND from page 23
drawal from Vietnam did not result in
a direct danger to American citizens.
By contrast, Lebanon is directly
adjacent to northern Israel. The reason
the Israeli army was forced to establish
its narrow security zone along the
Israel-Lebanese border was because
Arab terrorists based in southern
Lebanon repeatedly attacked and mur-
dered Israelis in towns near the border,
such as Ma'alot and Kiryat Shemonah
The deaths of Israeli soldiers in
southern Lebanon are a terrible
tragedy, but Israel would have experi-
enced far greater loss of life if its army
was not in southern Lebanon.
Rather than Vietnam, a better anal-
ogy to Lebanon would be Mexico. If
terrorists were murdering American
civilians in southern Texas and the
U.S. had troops stationed along the
Mexican-Texas border, would it with-
draw those troops the minute some of
the:7, were killed in battle or would
they be kept there until the terrorists
were wiped out?
In every country that is under
attack, soldiers protecting the borders
occasionally will fall in battle. That
fact alone is hardly sufficient reason to
justify withdrawing the rroops.
Herbert Zweibon
Chairman
Americans for a Safe Israe
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