the fact a media spectical was pre-empted before Harry could get home and formally kick off the circus seems a lot more noble than anything else going on here.
Continue ReadingI saw this shot in Wednesday's NYT Pics of the Day and found it particularly dark, or else cynically irreverent.
Continue ReadingKeeping track of the farce otherwise known as the Iraq occupation in yesterday's NYT Pictures of the Day, I was interested in this untenable photo caption accompanying Spencer Platt's image from Diyala.
Continue ReadingAs it is more often these days, it's parody which brings the most poignancy and illumination to the news narrative. Much more than the SNL skit framing Obama as the object of media love, however, last weekend's more substantial piece was represented by the shots below.
Continue ReadingLast June, I got into a rather vigorous and protracted email exchange with a NYT Magazine editor about a post I wrote critiquing one of their covers.
Continue ReadingAre they kidding, framing Putin's puppet-elect Medvedev into a photo-op with someone spinning yarn!
Continue ReadingI am shocked -- shocked I tell you! -- that someone (most likely from the Clinton camp) released this photo of Barack Hussein Obama....
Continue ReadingIf it's a throwaway newswire photo of a subject that nobody is taking much interested in, the clue here is scale. The Turkish incursion into Northern Iraq, now in its fifth day, involves 10,000 troops 3 miles into country, with active bombing support from Turkish fighter jets.
Continue ReadingIn the NYT story published on-line yesterday ("In Memories of a Painful Past, Hushed Worry About Obama"), we're told we're told about supporters who won't vote for Obama out of concern for his well-being.... So, what I'm wondering (and, probably won't get an answer to for "security reasons") is:...
Continue ReadingIn a tour through the Meru District Hospital near the Kenya border Bush called his anti-malaria initiative 'a practical way to help save lives.'
Continue ReadingThe shot above features McCain with senior advisor Steve Schmidt. With the media relegated to sitting in their seats and behaving, I think this is an enormously clever dig.
Continue ReadingI was a little put off reading this morning's article on Bill Richardson, would-be king maker. After playing the "also ran," throughout the Dem campaign, the Gov of New Mexico now seems to be taking an almost sadistic pleasure in playing Clinton and Obama off each other -- especially...
Continue ReadingAn obvious question to ask, in light of the backlash to this week's NYT story, is how much the press will now be (however unwittingly) running interference for the campaign.
Continue ReadingIs it comic relief, or is the tone of this remarkable Economist cover -- featuring a rubbed out Cuban cigar -- an ominous signal to second- and third-world players that refuse to play along with globalization?
Continue ReadingThree weeks ago, Iraqi and American military officials had a dramatic announcement to make. They reported that the two women suicide bombers who had hit separate Baghdad pet markets within half-an-hour had Down syndrome, and that they were recruited and detonated by al Qaeda.
Continue ReadingGiven where the mind goes -- when money and power (and unreported free rides with beautiful lobbyists) are concerned -- these images can't help but pull for sex.
Continue ReadingAs much as the White House and the presidential candidates want to infuse the Castro retirement with political consequences, this story is mostly about mortality.
Continue ReadingWorld Press '08 - People in the News: 1st prize stories Philippe Dudouit, Switzerland, for Time magazine. PKK fighters, Northern Iraq
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