@alextarquinioJ. Alex Tarquinio
See it RT @sree: #GADHAFI: Gallery of (pretty graphic) global front pages, compiled by@JulieMMoos of @poynter:bit.ly/nSn4xH #libya
Very few front pages of U.S. newspapers featured photos of a dead Moammar Gadhafi Friday morning, choosing instead to show rebels and citizens celebrating or archival images of the Libyan leader.
- Of the 424 U.S. papers collected by the Newseum, I found seven — the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Casa Grande (Ariz.) Dispatch, Hartford Courant, El Nuevo Herald, Poynter’s St. Petersburg Times, and Express — that used large images of a dead Gadhafi on their front pages.
- The Virginian-Pilot, Boston Globe, Las Vegas Review-Journal, High Point (N.C.) Enterprise and San Luis Obispo Tribune used a large front page photo of a bloodied Gadhafi taken before his death.
- At least a dozen other papers used small images of a bloodied or dead Gadhafi on their front page.
- None of the major national newspapers — The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today — used photos of a deceased Gadhafi on their front pages.
Abroad, some papers showed militaristic or menacing images of Gadhafi, but dozens opted for a dominant photo of the fallen dictator after he was killed by rebel fighters. Warning: Graphic images below. Some appear here courtesy of the Newseum.
