Yes, yes, yes - publication of Gaddafi death pictures was justified.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Chris Elliott, The Guardian's readers' editor, has waded into the contentious matter of whether it was right to publish pictures - especially on the front page - of Muammar Gaddafi's bloody corpse.

He points out that many readers and some members of the paper's staff objected to their use in print and online.

When I asked my City University students last Monday I was surprised to discover that many of them objected too.

Why was I surprised? Well, I regarded publication as more than justified and expected journalists - including would-be journalists - to feel the same way.

Yet, in company with complainants to The …