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You didn't see the beheading of Nicholas Berg on TV or in print, and most radio listeners haven't heard the audio (included in the audio version of today's Future Tense).  The mainstream media in the U.S decided the Berg video was too grisly and sensitive for their audience.

Even five years ago, that might have been the end of the story.  But not today.  In one corner of the modern news media are websites that specialize in material like this -- websites such as Rotten.com and Ogrish.com, which has become perhaps the main source for the Berg video.  (Warning: These links contain material that may be highly offensive to some viewers.) Image at right: Ogrish.com video/MPR Photo by Jeff Horwich

We talk with Annalee Newitz, a policy analyst with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to free expression on the internet. (Jeff Horwich guest-hosts.)