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The Thomas Tribune: Military mortuary open to media for first time since 1991 - CNN.com

  • MICHELLE · 8 months ago
    NO THE MEDIA SHOULD NOT BE THERE, HOWEVER THE MYERS FAMILY DID BY CHOICE AND THE COVERAGE ISN'T EVEN ABOUT Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers IT IS ABOUT THE MEDIA.... GO FIGURE. I SO HAPPY THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HOUNDED BY THE MEDIA IN 2007 OR TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.
  • Cheri · 8 months ago
    Hi Michelle, and thanks for your comment. I can really appreciate that you know first hand what it's like. I agree that these first few stories are about the media, but after the newness of covering the caskets of our fallen, don't you think that the stories may begin to focus on the soldiers themselves?

    I watched a CNN interview where a mother of a fallen soldier agreed with your position and said that she is concerned about the media using the images in ways that would dishonor the soldier--not necessarily now, but perhaps sometime in the future.

    Do you have any thoughts on that?