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International Focus Photo May 20, 2011

White House Flickr: The Finger

And then, talking about petty visual putdowns by the WH where Netanyahu is concerned....

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Obama, the Egyptian

I remember Afsaneh, quite matter-of-factly pointing to the portrait of Obama and asking: "You know what this photo is showing, don't you?"

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Alan Chin Photo May 19, 2011

Remembering Chris Hondros, Part IV

We conclude our series remembering Chris Hondros: Tyler Hicks, Darren McCollester, Shannon Stapleton, James Pomerantz, and Bruno Stevens. Additional photos and videos by Tim Fadek, Mark Ovaska, and Alan Chin.

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Campaign '12 Photo

Newt, Glitter and the Gotcha Media

Maybe the real discussion we should be having here, especially after a member of Congress was attacked and maimed in Tucson this year, is not just how to elevate the discussion and encourage a more constructive atmosphere in Washington and in the media, but, bottom-line, how to physically protect...

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Why Bother with WeiWei?

At a moment when the American government compromised by the pro-business White House makeover and the amount of leverage China has when it comes to American finance, why mess with WeiWei?

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Iraq and Afghanistan War Photo May 18, 2011

Another Picture of Normalcy from Afghanistan: What Would Tweedledee and Tweedledum Say?

One more scene of the normalization of life in Afghanistan. It appeared prominently at nearly every one of the mainstream media slideshows that I visited, Only one, though, seemed to have challenged the theme of normalcy.

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Media Focus Photo

Picturing Arnold the Philanderer = Very Old News

Why anybody, especially the media, would even bat an eye over yesterday's disclosure of Schwarzenegger's love child and at least a ten year infidelity occurring right under the nose of his wife and his family is ludicrous.

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Campaign '12 Photo May 17, 2011

Newsweek Having it Both Ways with Sexy Callista

If NewsBeast is ultimately interested in playing every angle and buttering up everybody while building its own brand, it does so perfectly here.

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Disaster Focus Photo May 16, 2011

TEPCO Mega-Float: Radiation Takes a Cruise

The fact that the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists had to state that the plan wasn't an April Fool's joke is telling.

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Campaign '12 Photo

The Real Trump Take-Away: Media-Induced Scratch-and-Claw

Given the media’s complicity in the production of a pseudo-debate between The Donald and Obama, one thing we can be sure of heading into Campaign 2012 is that no criticisms of news-as-infotainment will be heeded.

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Photo May 15, 2011

Fukushima: 1 Meltdown, 3 Crippled Cores, Miles of Land and Ocean Glowing, but Still Nothing to See

Because we're not facing an uncontrolled chain reaction or "China Syndrome," even though the fuel melted through the reactor and permeates that "Olympic swimming pool," nothing to worry about. (Yeah, tell the neighbors.)

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Photo May 14, 2011

The Helmet Cam Shot of Killing of bin Laden (With One Catch)

So great is the push to see everything that went down in Abbottabad, CBS News has turned the raid into what looks like the first draft of a video game.

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Culture Focus Photo May 13, 2011

Your Turn: You Know the Drill

I know what I see, what is striking you?

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TEPCO's Final Solution

It’s not clear what the public’s reaction will be to Japan’s "final solution," but besides devastating animal activist and lovers worldwide, it will fulfill the aim of not just eliminating the irradiated animals, but also the problem of the photos.

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Disaster Focus Photo May 12, 2011

Unit 4 in Danger of Collapse? (And Then, Don't Tell Me There's Nothing To See at Fukushima)

It is often noted that the story remains invisible because radiation is invisible, and that the photos and video being released by TEPCO are overly technical, as well. Well, I'm not buying it.

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Photo May 11, 2011

The Newt Announcement #2: Some of My Favorite Screen Shots from the Video

…Including, the barely recooked Reagan re-branding; the requisite shot of Lower Manhattan (the camera panning in as fast as a speeding plane); Tea Party rage (and even some anti-Tea Party and anti-Palin rage); three big Tea Party celebrities; the appropriation of Main Street; some early revolutionaries; and also the...

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Bin Laden Been Inspirin': Lord Vader Addresses the Galaxy

Are there any comparisons to be drawn to reality here, or has bin Laden affair jumped the shark?

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Google Me

What makes the photo is not just the reflection how each of us operates in our own slick little bubble, it’s how the picture employs that cute, deadpan, playfully innocent, forever-young, candy-colored and ultimately addictive-like-crack Silicon Valley style and tone these days to do it. (photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP...

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