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Originally Posted by White Doors
"They have their right to privacy, no doubt. But the story needs to be covered. I would not condone the filming of a the funeral, or of the family at all. But the death of soldiers, and their return to Canadian soil, needs to be covered. That displays consequence to action. That is what the media is supposed to do. The obtrusive sensationalistic bull**** is wrong, but not reporting the story is even worse"
Well you have misread what they did then Lanny.
They are not allowed to cover the funeral - they are allowed to cover everythign else. So I assume that you no longer have a problem with it?
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No, they weren't allowed to cover the Repatriation ceremony. link
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper was defiant Tuesday as several of his own MPs and the families of deceased soldiers criticized him for closing a military base to the repatriation ceremony of four Canadian soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan.
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