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EMC News - Recently, millions of viewers of mainstream news programs around the world witnessed the body of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi being dragged triumphantly through the streets by the rebels who took his life.

Few would deny that Gaddafi deserved this fate, after ruling over the Libyan people for decades as a ruthless dictator. However, the ubiquitous availability of the images of the leader's violent death have sparked some debate over how much is too much for the six o'clock news.

As disturbing as these images are, we don't really see a problem with them being aired during prime time, as long as some sort of warning is issued beforehand, and they are not used gratuitously. After all, the images are easily available all over the internet anyway, and people need not look if they would prefer not to witness such violence.

However, we feel it is worth pointing out that there are some double standards involved in what is and is not deemed appropriate for TV. If the story of Gaddafi's death were fiction, for instance, it would probably be accompanied by a strong, severe-sounding warning before the program came back on after a commercial break. It would also likely need to be aired after 10 p.m.

Furthermore, profanity of any kind has certainly been deemed inappropriate for prime time news, and if any occurs on a later program it is once again preceded by a warning.

Images are powerful, even more so when they are grounded in reality. We simply ask media outlets to use discretion and moderation when broadcasting them.

Consider the following: it cannot be argued that if the media had had the opportunity, photographs of Bin Laden's lifeless corpse would have spread like wildfire. Such an occurrence would constitute an indelible image on the world's consciousness, and may even serve to further inflame and galvanize the Islamic world against the West. In this case, perhaps we are better off due to the restraint used on the part of the U.S government.