Nets air edited Saddam vid

January 02, 2007 Major news outlets faced an ultimate ethical dilemma -- whether or not to televise an execution -- when what appeared to be cell phone video emerged Saturday from the scene of Saddam Hussein's execution. The grainy, shaky video includes an angle of the hanging and audio of sometimes testy exchanges between Saddam, his executioners and witnesses as the former dictator is led to the gallows. The video was later uploaded to APTN, the Associated Press' video news service, which made it available to every network.

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