The current ban on filming or photographing the arrival of dead soldiers' remains in the US dates from the first Bush administration, when at least one national news outlet put a split-screen view on TV. Planes filled with coffins arriving in Delaware filled one side of the screen, while on the other, GHWB was at a press conference, complaining about his sore back and then strutting around like a duck (and laughing) to demonstrate to reporters.
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Date: 2005-08-31 09:43 pm (UTC)The current ban on filming or photographing the arrival of dead soldiers' remains in the US dates from the first Bush administration, when at least one national news outlet put a split-screen view on TV. Planes filled with coffins arriving in Delaware filled one side of the screen, while on the other, GHWB was at a press conference, complaining about his sore back and then strutting around like a duck (and laughing) to demonstrate to reporters.