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I remember seeing TV news in the 1960s when I was about 8 or 10. A Buddhist monk had set himself on fire to protest the Vietnam War - and it was shown on TV. War scenes and dead bodies were shown. I believe that broadcasting that was a contributor to opposition to the war.
Nowadays, bodies return in caskets in middle of the night with no media present.
Families of victims would have an averse reaction to it, but the general population has been sheltered from seeing the horrors. YouTube restricts or censors. There are websites that show horrible things, but most people don't look at them.
If everyone in the world could see the scene of a massacre, it would change the minds of many. And I believe that is precisely why the news does not show them any more.
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