David Degner & Alia Malek in Cairo: Permanent Revolution
As Revolution has become a permanent part of daily life, so has Tahrir Square acquired vendors, barbers, siphoned electricity ... and mint tea.
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Murdoch Testimony: Early Alzheimers?
Too often, it seemed Rupert's difficulty understanding questions or recalling facts was less because he was non-co-operative or pretending to be out-of-the loop than it had to do with the fact that the aging titan might be losing his faculties.
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The Wendi Deng Show
I'm not suggesting Murdoch's new PR firm had anything to do with the shaving cream attack on Murdoch in front of the Parliament hearing Tuesday. God no. But they might keep that crackpot in mind come Christmas.
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Murdoch's Eagle
Will Heaven at the Telegraph totally captured Rupert Murdoch with this photo last week in the aptly titled post, "Rupert Murdoch takes his grisly revenge on the world." (And yeah, the Uncle Junior analogy hits where it hurts, too.)
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Poster of the Day: Having Their Way With Obama?
He’s straddling the center, but look where he’s headed. If your feet aren’t planted, you’re sort of up for grabs, no? With the frustration with Obama these days for playing Salomon, this wire photo of the right-wing Iowan making off with him seems to strike a chord. But then,...
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Cracking News Corp Open and Lachlan's Tat Too
If it feels like we're inside with the Murdoch clan (and the new heir to the monstrosity), maybe we are.
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Marcus Bachmann Looking Gay
Has Dr. Bachmann, in his and his wife's vitriol toward homosexuality, brought this visual, as heavy as it is with innuendo, upon himself?
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Girls Gone Mad: the Wild-Eyed Lunacy of Bachmann, Palin, Pelosi, Clinton . . . Etc.
I’m no Bachmann apologist, but I am concerned about a troubling trend in which political women are critiqued as crackpots and lambasted as lunatics.
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KIA Ad: Pedophilia or Just Naughty School-Girl Fantasy?
The ad has been described as a "teacher lusting after his elementary school-aged student." Though I can see where this argument comes from, a strict reading of the image doesn't support it.
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Cantor – Boehner: Who’s the Alpha?
With Boehner falling in with Obama not just for golf recently, but a tentative budget deal, only to find Cantor jumping his pay grade and getting into it with Obama, it's interesting to consider this set of Boehner - Cantor photos.
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Did Will and Kate See Skid Row? Did Anyone?
The media and the royal couple made a lot out of visiting L.A.'s most desperate neighborhood. When it came to showing anything of the locale, however, the visual media mostly missed the opportunity.
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A Cameron Photo Op Gone Awry
In a matter of a few seconds, its not Cameron and Clegg that are in charge, but David Nunn – who, as he points out, is the most ‘senior surgeon’ on the ward.
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Brit Hacking Scandal Who's (Using) Who: Cameron – Dowlers BFFs?
If the Dowler's got what they wanted yesterday, so, too -- with this photo -- did Cameron.
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Assange Optics: Pushback on the "Sex Charge" Show
If Assange has been out off the radar for a while, perhaps the break has given him a chance to regroup.
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Sarkozy Buzzes and Poses While Karzai's Brother Crashes and Burns
In a brilliant stroke of bad timing, Sarkozy buzzes around in a French helicopter at the same time Karzai's powerful brother is killed by a likely Taliban-sympathizing body guard.
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Only Murdoch Mug Shot So Far is a Smiley Face
A photographer friend, responding to this pic in the NYT Lens "photos of the day" slideshow, wrote to ask why most pictures of Rupert Murdoch, since the hacking scandal broke, show him looking so upbeat. And now I'm wondering too.
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John Moore: Surviving the U.S. Recession
We at BagNews are proud to provide this audio slideshow drawing attention to a recession that may have ended on paper, but in practical terms, continues to plague so many Americans. Also, we are pleased to offer this forum to John Moore, a compassionate and truly gifted photographer so...
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