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This 8 page paper argues that war crimes trials are vital and should be well covered by journalists. Critiques are deemed important as well. The Saddam Hussein trial and execution, as well as the Nuremberg trials are used as examples. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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its serious nature and potential for an audience. It was a controversial story. Of course, those who opposed the death penalty would be against any such thing, and people in
this violent society on the other side of the fence, yearned to see the gruesome video. Of course, in the mainstream media at least, the entire hanging was not shown.
The following is recorded at CNN.com: " The broadcast only showed the execution to the point where the noose was placed over Husseins head and tightened around his neck. No
audio was heardi." Up until the time that the footage was shown, bits were heard about the trial of Saddam Hussein and while covered, it was not covered as
extensively as a trial like OJ Simpsons was for example. While Saddam is notorious, the trial was uninteresting. People automatically thought that he was guilty and it is hard to
say that he was not. After all, it is rather well known what a tyrant he was. At the same time, this is an important trial and goes to world
events. Hussein was actually convicted and executed due to the role he played during the 1982 Dujail massacre where 148 Iraqis had been killed after an attempted assassination against himii.
But it is not clear whether or not he did receive a fair trial and media did not take great pains to provide an objective look at the trial. When
covering trials such as that of Saddam Hussein, and others of such world importance, what is the role of the journalist? What is the importance of journalists covering and critiquing
war crimes trails? First, it may be pointed out what happens when war crimes trials are not covered at all. In the past, when media took a back seat to
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