The Effect Of Withholding Terror Photos: The Front Man
One problem for Obama -- in refusing to release pictorial documentation of torture from the Bush "terror war" era (after having committed to doing so) -- is that, visually, it is not a zero-sum game.
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Lara Logan And The Predator
What better way for 60 Minutes to shill for the military -- in this exclusive, suddenly-declassified look at the all-too-surreal Predator technology (the week after we blew away a bunch of Afghan civilians) -- than to soften the reality of hell-from-the-sky by focusing on the lovely Laura Logan from...
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Yes Mr. President, No Pictures!
Yes, I think it's a wonderful idea for Obama/Gates/Petraeus to stonewall the release of the detainee photos.
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Dressing Miss California
Sorry, I haven't been following this Miss California story that closely -- until I came upon this photo of Donald Trump and the winner of his pageant.
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Grand Rapids Auto: The Obama Bankruptcy Announcement
This is the third post of a BAGnewsOriginals series, Grand Rapids Auto, exploring the economic crisis through the life of a family-owned Chrysler dealership. The image above captures customers and staff of the dealership watching President Obama on TV announcing Chrysler's bankruptcy and restructuring, April 30, 2009.
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Your Turn: Tuesday Would Have Been His 21st Birthday
Are these Dover images just getting more creative now that many bodies have returned, or is there more being said here?
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McKiernan: It Was Great Knowing You… Whatever You Said
The outright firing of McKiernan sends a blatant and uncerimonious message. According to the NYT: "Pentagon officials said it appeared that General McKiernan was the first general to be dismissed from command of a theater of combat since Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War."
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Katie’s Embed With The Pentagon (And Their Photographer)
You know what gets me fired up (and what's consequently troubles me about love-ins like the White House Correspondents Dinner) ?
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Long Lost View
Before you click through for an explanation of this image taken by Getty's fine photographer Chris Hondros, I can tell you it does involve 9/11 and that is Lower Manhattan.
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Your Turn: Barack As Spock
BAGnewsNotes readers respond to NYT photo-illustration of Obama as Mr. Spock
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America All Pumped Up In Korengal Valley
At first, I thought this photo of Spl. Taylor Jordan lifting weights in the Korengal Valley was published out of irony (excuse the pun).
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White House Correspondents Dinner: Self-Deprecation In The Normal Range
White House Correspondents Dinner: New Muscle
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Chillin’ (Post-Pirates, Pre-"Prom") At The White House
Here's pirate-defying hero Capt. Phillips and his wife at the White House this morning (large size; mind-blowing size), with my distillation of the comments from the WH photo stream.
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Air Force One Photo Released (Such As It Was)
So, is the smoggier, dingier image Gawker published (also offering more of Jersey in the background) the original photo released today by the White House of the controversial Air Force One NYC fly over?
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#MoreBAG @Twitter
Join us on Twitter and get a lot more visual politics with only a slight overlap with The BAG.
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Where Goes The Burger?
Note: If you’re looking for the Biden and Obama “Your Turn” from the burger joint I posted about an hour ago, one second look, it felt way “too edgy” to me. It’s been a long week, one in which I’ve somehow been drawn to edgier material, starting off with...
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Scoring Off John And Elizabeth
The key to understanding the latest hooha over the John Edwards-Elizabeth Edwards soap opera is to recognize that the photo above -- published far-and-wide over the past few days -- came from Harpo Productions. Besides referring to one of the world's greatest comedians, that is also the name of...
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About Time
Clever move by Team Obama to set up a photo op with Franken in the White House.
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