“The photographs of one dead terrorist mastermind carry no real news or information about the nature or horror of war. They just create sensation instead of deeper understanding.” WorldWarRealUnderstandingInformationHorrorNewsPhotographDeeperTerroristSensationsOur WorldDeeper UnderstandingHorror Of WarMastermind Author:Philip Gourevitch
“The piled-up dead of political violence are a generic staple of our information diet these days, and according to the generic report all massacres are created equal: the dead are innocent, the killers monstrous, the surrounding politics insane or nonexistent...The anonymous dead and their anonymous killers become their own context. The horror becomes absurd.” PoliticalViolenceInformationHorrorEqualInnocentAbsurdInsaneThese DaysDietsReportsKillersMonstrousMassacresStaplesGenericPolitical Violence Author:Philip Gourevitch
