Government officials respond saying the photos--including one with a gaping head wound above his left eye-- are too gory to release.
Jon Stewart replies:
"Too gory? Too gory? Yeah, have you met us? From 8 pm on, every show on television we watch begins with an internal tracking shot of a gaping wound above someone's left eye, pulling out only to reveal half a hooker in a dumpster discovered by a child on a bicycle. You know, you know what we call it? PRIME TIME!"
Just as showed in the book, murder and gory murder now make up a majority of crimes depicted on prime time TV.
So the picture is not too gory to show.
But the decision is still the right one because the image would serve as a tool to be used by enemies against the US. Further, we have DNA evidence and the word of bin Laden's wife that he is dead, along with all the government officials who have now seen the pictures and who confirm his death.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-4-2011/face-off?xrs=playershare_fb
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