The Power of Media: German Newspaper 'Bild' Did Not Add a Single Picture on Tuesday

<h2>The Power of Media: German Newspaper 'Bild' Did Not Add a Single Picture on Tuesday</h2>

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The power of media cannot be challenged and the people who try hard to suppress the freedom of press faced harsh consequences. A German newspaper 'Bild' ran its online and print editions without any pictures on Tuesday, instead using only text and grey space where images would usually be. The country's biggest tabloid said it took the decision after facing a backlash over its choice to publish the moving photographs of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan al-Kurdi washed up on a beach in Turkey last week.

In an editorial section of the website, digital editor Julian Reichelt defended the power of photography and makes the people understand that without pictures the world would be ignorant. Without pictures the world would be more ignorant, the needy even more invisible, more lost. Many crimes would simply be forgotten without a visual reminder, no atonement, no penance, no apologies to prevent learning and memory. Photographs are the screams of the world. She said.

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The world was shocked when the photograph of young cute little boy Aylan clad in a red t-shirt facing down on the beach without a soul in Turkey, shows that this is the high time to take action. All the ginormous newspapers have published the image of the boy on the front page stating some or the other message. Similarly, Bild also chooses to publish the image of Aylan laying face down on the beach. But, myriads of them reprimanded the newspapers for publishing the image of the boy. So, they have decided to turn the table and print the entire newspaper without any pictures. Here is the image they have published and the copy mentioned below it.

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A Syrian child lying dead on the beach in Bodrum, drowned trying to escape the war in his native country, died on the way to Europe. Images like this have become shamefully commonplace. We cannot bear them any longer, but we must show them because they document the historic failure of our civilisation in this refugee crisis. Europe, this immensely rich continent, will be guilty if we continue to allow children to drown at our coasts.

We have too many ships, too many helicopters, too many reconnaissance planes to continue watching this disaster. This photo is a message to the whole world, to finally unite and ensure that not a single child dies again on the run. After all, who are we, what are our values really worth, if we continue to allow this to happen?

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