Times Still At It? (Sunday edition)

Really, I’m just stupified at this point by the Times’ photo coverage of John Kerry. After all the business with Daniel Okrent and Jackson Pollock, here’s the latest set of images of the two candidates. This time, we have George Bush hand in hand with his idolizing wife, Laura...

More NYTimes Graphic Kerry Bashing — Saturday Edition

Following on my last entry, here’s the latest NYTimes photo/graphic feature comparing the two presidential campaigns. Saturday, the Times ran another one of those clever “Op-Art” pieces on the Editorial page. This one features two bumper stickers. The point of the piece (it’s supposed to be ironic, I understand)...

In Which The NYTimes Public Editor Has A Meltdown, And We Consider Whether BAGnewsNotes Caused Him To Lose It

In my previous post, I described how my Guest Blogger, Karen, complained to the NYTimes about their photo coverage of George Bush and John Kerry. This morning, we got his reply, and all I can say is “ouch!” First of all, I can’t claim credit for any of Mr....

In Which the NYTimes Photo Coverage Does Another Hatchet Job on Kerry, and our Guest Blogger Says “Enough Already!”

If you’ve been following this blog, you know that I’ve been keeping an eye on the photo coverage of Bush and Kerry for the past couple of months. In that time, it’s been my sense that the coverage has been biased against Kerry. Primarily, what I have observed is...

Multipronged Vision

With the suggestion that life imitates art (think: Manchurian Candidate), there was a lot of internet buzz this week about how George Bush supposedly receives talking points through an earpiece. As evidence for this, various sites posted photos allegedly showing an electronic device showing through Bush’s suit jacket. Also...

A Weekend Off From the Internets

Unless I am suddenly overwhelmed –in the next 36 hours — by the compulsion to BAG on the debate, I’ll be back on Monday. (By the way, what’s this “internets” thing Bush was referring to?)

Latest BAGnews Cartoon: Multipronged Approach

send this cartoon to a friend! With the suggestion that life imitates art (think: Manchurian Candidate), there was a lot of internet buzz this week about how George Bush supposedly receives talking points through an earpiece. As evidence for this, various sites posted photos allegedly showing an electronic device...

Latest BAGnews Cartoon: Seconds Helping

send this cartoon to a friend! As I noted earlier this week regarding the 1st Presidential debate, many analysts perceived the President as “tired.” Perhaps I’m perseverating, but I had the same impression watching the Vice President. Although Cheney is older than Edwards, he’s not that much older. However,...

The Surprise of the Veep Debate: Cheney Defeats Bush!

At Overstated.net, Cameron Marlow (a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab) created a clever utility, called the Debate Spotter, to reveal recurrent themes emphasized by the candidates in the Presidential and the Vice-Presidential debate. Specifically, the tool can identify the most popular phrases from the official transcript. In...

WWI In Color

Joerg Colberg’s blog has a nice entry tracking down some of the few color photographs from WWI. Given the ahistorical mindset in the country, as well as the tendency to view war as an abstraction, such documentation can only contribute to the undeniability of “real live” conflict. (Link.) (image:...

Veep Debate: Ace of the Night

In one shot, Edwards: (1) Took the gay marriage issue off the table, (2) Paid Cheney respect, (3) Notified the general public that Cheney has a lesbian daughter, (Most likely big news to that chunk of the population that still thinks Hussein was behind 9/11). (4) Killed with kindness,...

In A Word: Poor Colin Powell Is Delegated To Hype Final 1,500 Page Iraqi Arms Inspector’s Report. (We Offer a Mark-Up.)

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Political Orbits: Bush and The “T” Word

After the debate, reporters were looking for explanations from the Bush spin team about the President’s demeanor. The list of possibilities that were put to Karl Rove and Ken Mehlman included defensive; confused; irritated; and tired. In the next few days, anger and lack of confidence were added to...

The Only Thing To Fear Is Fear Mongering Itself

It might be a little dated, but I wouldn’t have run it if it wasn’t (still) worth it. Besides the comic relief and, of course, the echo chamber of fear, what struck me was the truly devious way in which Laura Bush was deployed at the Republican Convention. This...

More Bush Minus the Cue Cards

Here’s still another video clip on the Bush Debate performance. It appears on a site called howbushdidit. It probably runs about 5 minutes. At first, you think it’s a parody–like the DNC clip. However, it just keeps getting more painful and revealing. In most pieces like this, the editing...

About Face

Here’s the link to the DNC‘s take on the debate, “Faces of Frustration.” Windows Media Broadband Dial-up Real Player Broadband Dial-up (photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP via dogsinthenews.com)

Final Consensus on 1st Kerry-Bush Debate: Temperment

Final Consensus on 1st Kerry-Bush Debate: Confidence