April 2008 - Reading The Pictures

Media Focus Photo April 30, 2008

Obama On Trial (Or: Media Completely Wright, Wright, Wright, Wright, Wright On This One)

With the near week-long pre-Pennsylvania media orgy over the "bitter" comments still fresh in mind, you can see, above, how yesterday's Day Four pre-Indiana/N. Carolina installment of the Wright paroxysm played out in the NYT dead tree edition.

BAGannouncements Photo

The BAGnewsNotes Visual Newsfeed

If you haven't yet focused on it, there is a new feature of the site that I'm particularly proud of. It's the BNN Visual Newsfeed and it's sitting right over there in the left column.

Iraq and Afghanistan War Photo

American Bombing Of Sadr City: Like Qana, But Without The Attention?

Now that the U.S. -- desperately attempting to protect the Green Zone, and avoid a Saigon-style evacuation -- is actively bombing Sadr City, what is the difference between what the Americans are doing now, and the Israeli's did in Qana during the Lebanon war two years ago?

Iraq and Afghanistan War Photo

Green Zone Fireworks

Isn't it curious why WAPO fails to describe, let alone even mention, those projectiles below the helicopter?

Iraq and Afghanistan War Photo April 29, 2008

Afghan Update: A Running Metaphor

U.S. takes on Afghanistan. U.S. takes eye off ball. President Karzai reduced to mayor of Kabul. Afghan soldiers scatter during national military parade during weekend assassination attempt on "the mayor."

Campaign '08 Photo April 28, 2008

Stuffing Wright Vs. The Right Stuff

With Reverend Wright's mug blanketing the media over the last 48 hours, one picture I don't expect to see making the rounds is this one.

Campaign '08 Photo April 27, 2008

Obama The Alien

If The BAG has been concentrating on Newsweek lately, it's because that publication has taken the lead in visually contorting Obama. Last week, the mission involved tying Obama to Kerry and branding him a wimp. This week, the characterization is more odious.

Campaign '08 Photo

Your Turn: Obama's Bubba Gap

BAGreaders take on Newsweek's latest Obama hit job, the cover photo-illustration "arugula and beer."

Bush Focus Photo

Whatever It Takes To Be On Top

After getting punked at the WH Correspondents Dinner in '06 (and again at last year's post-mid-year election Radio and Television Correspondents Association chum-fest), Dubya literally made sure, this year, he had the upper hand.

Iraq and Afghanistan War Photo

How A War Out-Of-Sight Becomes A War Out-Of-Mind

Dana Milbank's Thursday Washington Sketch is a must read. It details how the Pentagon is visually Journalists were held 50 yards from the service, separated from the mourning party by six or seven rows of graves, and staring into the sun and penned in by a yellow rope.... "There...

Media Focus Photo April 26, 2008

Laura Bush Makes History

Of course, you heard Laura Bush "made history" this week, right? Yes, fast on the heels of Dubya's cameo on a game show, she became the first First Lady to host the TODAY show.

Photo April 25, 2008

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Campaign '08 Photo

Caked With Compassion

Co-opting a tone and itinerary more associated with the Edwards campaign, John McCain's 'It's Time for Action' tour generated these images Tuesday from a factory in Youngstown. More ironic, however, was McBenevolent's tour of New Orleans. Expressing all the compassion in the world -- in direct contradiction to his...

Campaign '08 Photo April 24, 2008

Your Turn: TIME Mixing It Up

BAGreaders take on the new TIME cover splitting Hillary and Obama

Campaign '08 Photo

Out Of Touch?

Part of the very real concern over "the kitchen sink" has to do with the depth, degree and, particularly, the durability of particular forms of characterization. In this case, the image of Obama maps only too well with accusations of disconnection, ineffability and elitism (especially in the NYT photo...