Each news organization has a boundary on what it considers too graphic to present to its audience. At times that boundary shifts to more generous depiction when there is a stronger public interest at play.
In the last day many news outlets found themselves judging their own boundaries in determining if they should carry smartphone-taken video of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's dead body being dragged in the streets outside Sirte.
The Hollywood Reporter summarizes the media coverage and decision-making