Digital cameras key to abuse scandal
Digital cameras and the Internet are a big reason the scandal over prison abuse in Iraqi prisons has become an international issue so quickly -- or perhaps at all -- as hundreds of shocking photos circulate around the globe.
"With the technology now, the amateur photographer is as capable as a professional journalist and is operating with the same tools: Digital camera, laptop and an Internet connection," says Keith W. Jenkins, photo editor of the Washington Post Magazine.
"The embedded process was supposed to give government a better handle on what journalists were doing, but now you have this whole rogue operation of civilians with digital cameras who have access to things the media don't," he said.
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