The Revolution Will Not Be Blogged
Unless this was a photoshop job, if that really even mattered, here were BHO and HRC in front of our man, Ché. No Wellstone, no Finegold, fine. But then I started to think, if I studied the picture long enough, wouldn't one of these two suddenly emerge as being...
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Grayed Out Mao
This shot -- from this morning's Reuters Editor's Choice -- seems a particularly eloquent visual commentary on how environmental crisis has begun to supercede other political concerns.
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Guilt By (Media) Association
Last Wednesday, Glen Greenwald did a nice piece explaining the inclination of the media, not to mention the right wing, to associate Obama to Tony Rezko and his legal problems although none has been demonstrated. Citing the long-standing investigation aimed at the Clintons, Glen states that: " 'Rezko' is...
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"Newsweek Doesn't Hate Clinton" – Part 1: Girls Cheating On Hillary
I'm not sure why Jessica Bennett's article in the latest Newsweek is titled "Am I Betraying the ‘Sisterhood’?" In light of the rhetorical question, the last line of the piece speaks of her "womanly satisfaction" with each Hillary victory.
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The Recruiting Center Bombing: Who's Making A Point?
For the election year fear mongers (in both parties), the shattered glass door and the uniform peering suspiciously out from the pitch of the Times Square recruiting center is just the right taste of Baghdad, an echo of the Rovian "if we don't fight 'em there, we'll be fightin'...
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TIME's Halperin Pictures Obama As Dirty Rat
As Obama moves to respond to the "kitchen sink," Mark Halperin at TIME launches a stunningly pejorative visual preemptive strike. (Apologies the The Rat Pack.)
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Not Like McSame Wanted To Appear Like He Was Taking Dubya's Lead: Latest Shots From "43's" White House Scrapbook
Not Like McCain Wanted To Appear Like He Was Taking Bush's Lead. (Latest Shots From "43's" White House Scrapbook.)
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Our Man In Ohio #5: Taking It To The Bank
This is the last in a 48 hour series of Ohio primary dispatches from photojournalist and BNN Contributer Alan Chin.
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Twerp
“I am a little surprised that all the complaining about the refs has actually worked as well as it has for them,” he said, using a sports allusion to the news media as referees. “This whole spin of how the press has just been so tough on them and...
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Condi Picks Her Crowd
Just like the way Putin publicly humiliated Rice last year, we see a politically deaf and smilingly naive Condi getting it every which way by her Palestinian pal.
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Our Man In Ohio #4: Hillary Pre-Dawn
The Clinton campaign, keeping its head down and focusing on the growing blue collar concern about the economy, decides late Sunday night to add a visit to the Toledo Chrysler factory, getting the jump at 4:30 the next morning.
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Our Man In Ohio #3: One Of Our Own
Perhaps race is a sensitive subject to discuss in the campaign because it isn't supposed to matter. Or, perhaps it is delicate talking about black pride in Obama out of caution not to detract from, or conflict with the pride so many women feel for Hillary.
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Our Man In Ohio #2: Looking Secure
In light of the story last week that Obama's security might be somehow deficient, there seems to be plenty of eyes around him outside Columbus -- at least seven pairs right here.
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Our Man In Ohio #1: Beyond The Phrase
This is the first in a 48 hour series of Ohio primary dispatches from photojournalist and BNN Contributer Alan Chin. In an effort to challenge the idea he lacks substance, Obama has shortened his stump speech and conducted more townhall meetings. This event on Sunday at Westerville High School,...
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Make Up Sex Meets Identity Politics
In an impressive example of network make-up sex, NBC's SNL not only provided HRC the opportunity to rebut a parody debate slamming the network for supposedly slandering the candidate in it's real-life debate, but then submitted the candidate's parody self for her review.
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With More Abu Ghraib Images Come More Dimensions
I don't remember which Senator, upon previewing the larger body of Abu Ghraib photos, insisted they must never be released. Psychologist Philip Zimbardo did, however, obtain additional images while serving as an expert witness for one of the AG defendents, Zimbardo, who is famous for his study revealing cruel...
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BagNewsSalon: The Korengal Valley View
Today at 4pm PST/7pm EST, BAGnewsNotes presents "Reading the Pictures: The View From Korengal Valley." This 90 minute discussion is the first meeting of the BAGnewsSALON, a real-time discussion forum dedicated to the singular analysis and discussion of social and political images.
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Some Questions Over Favoritism
Accompanying yesterday's NYT front page article over whether the candidates are getting a fair shake from the media, The BAG wonders whether this front page photo sequence actually tips one way or the other.
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