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Well, we can't make the evils in this world go away by turning our backs to disturbing things and chanting, "That is not really happening." I agree that some pictures/information are extremely disturbing. Some movies or TV programs will warn you beforehand, "Viewer discretion advised." The thing is, how can you make positive steps toward righting these wrongs if you don't know about them? Perhaps, the MORE upsetting they are, the more you should know. As far as citizens becoming demoralized by news about what the government is up to, I think everybody should have the right to that information, too. Sure, it will turn some people apathetic, but other people will become determined to try to make things better.
From time to time you hear of people being inspired to commit crimes after watching some violent film, but I can't help but suspect that someone that unstable in the first place would have eventually committed the crime, anyway.
I could probably make the argument that the networks shouldn't have been showing those scenes from 9/11 when it happened. I cried watching the news coverage, and everyone in the US was pretty shocked and upset. If 9/11 had been reported in less detail, would Americans stil have supported Bush in his stupid war? Would lying by omission have been a good thing? I think not. The American people get lied to enough as it is.
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