Networks face quandary over Saddam executionBy Steve Gorman
Reuters
Friday, December 29, 2006; 8:19 PM
CBS News Vice President Paul Friedman all but ruled
out showing footage of Saddam’s hanging, saying, “I
personally believe it is beyond the pale to show
executions.”VERSUS
TERENCE SMITH: Last Sunday, the CBS Newsmagazine “60
Minutes” aired a story that showed Dr. Jack Kevorkian
administering a lethal injection to Thomas Youk, a
52-year-old Michigan man suffering from Lou Gehrig’s
disease.