Robert Annis

  • Blog Post

    Jun 25 2009 8:20 AM

    Two Deaths, Two Contexts

    By Stan Alcorn

    In Baghdad, Chancellor Keesling, a 25-year-old soldier from Indianapolis, shot and killed himself. In Tehran, Neda Agha Soltan, a 26-year-old student, was shot and killed as she watched a peaceful protest.

    Two very different deaths, two very different news stories, but both required context to express or arouse anything but pain and loss. More »

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