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Global Media and Communication Historical memory, media studies and journalism ethics Andrew Calabrese Global Media and Communication 2007; 3; 363 DOI: 10.1177/1742766507082574 The online version of this article can be found at: Published by: Additional services and information for Global Media and Communication can be found at: Email Alerts: /cgi/alerts Subscriptions: /subscriptions Reprints: /journalsReprints.nav Permissions: /journalsPermissions.nav Downloaded from at UNIV OF COLORADO LIBRARIES on November 5, 2007 © 2007 SAGE Publications. All rights reserved. Not for commercial use or unauthorized distribution. COMMENTARY Historical memory, media studies and journalism ethics ■ Andrew Calabrese University of Colorado, Boulder, USA andrew.calabrese@ In October 2006, the British medical journal, The Lancet, reported an estimate by an American and Iraqi team of physicians and epidemi- ologists of the Iraqi death toll since the 2003 military invasion of US-led coalition forces. According to the study, based on mortality rates from prior to the invasion, approximately 655,000 more Iraqis died as a consequence of the war, than would have died if the invasion had not occurred. The primary cause of the deaths has been violence, mainly gunfire and car bombings (Horton, 2006). Beyond