SWJ Poll: Was the AP out of line with the LCpl Bernard photograph?

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The Associated Press recently published a photograph of LCpl Joshua Bernard as he lay fatally wounded in Aghanistan, in defiance of the family’s wishes.

There have been a number of opinions published on whether they were out of line, in their rights, just doing their jobs, etc. What say you? Why?

For background info, start here, here, and here. Plenty of links to follow from there.

Noted – the poll question as stated here sort of poisons the well, as does our blog entry titled “Secretary Gates is Spot On.” At a personal level, we do not feel that publishing the photo was right, are already on record, and aren’t backtracking. But we accept that there are other opinions, nuances at the societal and policy level, etc. And would like to hear them…

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P.S. I closed the thread AP and the Death of a Marine in the Media, Information, & Cyber Warriors forum. There's some substance there, please take a look, and carry on the conversation here.