HW #2 Military Photo

If i worked for the Durango Herald newspaper, I would probably decide not to post the picture of the wounded soldier.

But.....

if it were another, bigger, balsier newspaper such as The New York Times I would.

The Durango Herald is a more small town family paper that impactes everybody because the town is close. We can see this from the video Jammin Juniors as it is on the front page of thier website advertising how close the town is. By seeing a picture such as the Babbitt photo (above), everyone would most likely represent and relate to it. I believe the picture really is not that bad because it's not terribly gory and it shows the heroism and reality of what is going on right now with our country at war. If it were a big newspaper though, I would ask for permission from the family to post the picture as well. If you look at the picture after you read the article that went out with it, the photo is not really as bad as people make it sound when imagining it, so seeing the photo would emphasis how much rhetorical analysis are in the picture.

For example, we can see that the wounded soldier is married, showing his dedication and pride and the soldiers are trying to help him keep alive from dying. It is not like he is being killed by other american soldiers, I mean this is reality for what we should expect when our soldiers go to war. If it were a picture like this child hurt in the Iraq war in the Durango Herald, then it seems there would be major problems!

(child killed in Iraq war)

People such as Dalai Lama would be against this sort of thing and by seeing this picture they would find a way to protest against The Reality of War. But, as the audience we all have our views on a touchy issue such as war that it is risky to promote these pictures.

IT'S LEGIT!!