BBC news shows violent footage?

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ok, well, i dont usually watch the news, but tonight the BBC news showed footage of the roadside bomb that claimed the lives of 10 marines, its pretty "gory" due to the fact you can actually see everything, no censoring in it at all..

i dont usually watch the BBC news but is this something new, because all people in the UK know how censored our news is? or have they always done it?

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I saw msn's version.. i saw a modeled version of humalike models walking in to a courtyard..where burried explosives detonated...it wasn't pleasant..but I'd rather seen footage of the real incident..especially if 100 terrorist went up with them..
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[DevilDog#1]

Seen worse. Truth hurts but is unedited and blunt.

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i dont mind seeing the footage (like you say its good to see whats actually going on), but it just surprised me that the BBC were the ones showing it

[BADDOG]

Perhaps the BBC has changed it's policy on what it deems fit for viewers to see?

Warm Regards

[Steve]

tbh i think it's better to see what's going on rather than being censored by the government or however it is regulated.

they always warn of graphic footage or images, if you dont like it then you dont have to watch.

i dont think it's changed much, but i think things get shown more because of modern technology captures more things, war has always been shown but the BBC, and a lot has been shown of the conflict in Iraq, especially the stuff mentioned in the first post like IED's and roadside bombs. i guess you just dont watch the news much BB?

other examples are when the hurricane was in the US, they showed dead bodies on the streets and flood, and the Tsunami earlier in the year, they showed a lot of stuff then.

[BADDOG]

Yes I seem to remember seeing some fairly graphic material on the BBC before now when I stop to think about it.

I particularly remember the then Belgian Congo and two reporters filming the murder of a man which was shown unedited on BBC televison news and that was back in the 1960's.

Regards

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yeah thats what i was saying i dont watch much news, maybe just the skynews site every so often to check things so wasnt sure lol

[Steve]

sry didnt read the last part of the post properly

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Originally posted by Steve
sry didnt read the last part of the post properly

lol its ok, i guess i can forgive you

[SilentTrigger]

Originally posted by BB
ok, well, i dont usually watch the news, but tonight the BBC news showed footage of the roadside bomb that claimed the lives of 10 marines, its pretty "gory" due to the fact you can actually see everything, no censoring in it at all..

i dont usually watch the BBC news but is this something new, because all people in the UK know how censored our news is? or have they always done it?

I think those news should be brodcasted but not shown in pictures, think of the families, they do everything for views

[Stephen]

all i got to say is don't get me started on ied's was blownup by over 20 while i was there and it suxed everytime

[Stephen]

here is what is leave of one of my humvee's after it got hit by vbied noone was hurt other than temorary loss of hearing

http://blackbelt.novahq.net/gfx/37_1133854769.jpg

[Steve]

glad ur still with us m8. i believe you that is musta sucked :/

saw this pic of a hummer door after an the other day, aparrently an improvised shaped charge but i dont know about that stuff : http://stevieb.novahq.net/box/img/hole.jpg

its just insane what's going on over there. this is one messed up world

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Originally posted by Steve
glad ur still with us m8. i believe you that is musta sucked :/

saw this pic of a hummer door after an the other day, aparrently an improvised shaped charge but i dont know about that stuff : http://stevieb.novahq.net/box/img/hole.jpg

its just insane what's going on over there. this is one messed up world

and yet some of the soldiers that are over there dont get much backing from the public of their own countires, id love to see the reactions on the "anti war" supporters once they see what the soldiers have to put up with