Irene: Death to America!
Here’s the latest example how visual media likes to frame natural disasters through a nationalistic lens (the flag as a dominant symbol or “actor”), the impact inferred as a blow to America’s self-esteem and/or survival equated to the strength of the American character. A few more examples: 1, 2,...
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NATO in Libya: "We’re Drone-a Get Ya"
This morning, The Atlantic's Marc Herman has a nice piece about propaganda leaflets being dropped over Libya. We honed in on, particularly, this flyer and what the drone, a symbol of American might and stealth, means to people in the Middle East and North Africa.
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What Keystone White House Protest?
If the Keystone protest has been going on for weeks in front of the White House while hardly earning a blip on the media radar, yesterday was a different story.
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Broadway Rick
Perry has some tough auditions ahead to sell the idea he's ready for Broadway.
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9/11: One Day, Ten Years
What I like about the New York Mag anniversary cover is the message how little we're that much over it.
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Hurricane Irene: For New York City, The Storm That Wasn't
Dodging a bullet, and crying wolf: Hurricane Irene in New York City.
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Zero-Tolerance
Are politicians so unwilling to take calculated risks these days that we're in for automatic and massive security investments at the first whiff of either high-profile natural or man-made threats?
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Guy in White Pointy Hat Regrets Voting 4 Obama
Seems Iike I've seen that kind of headwear somewhere else before.
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Your Turn: Gaddafi Disintegrates?
The illustration is very cool, but I'm wondering: what does it symbolize, exactly?
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Hurricane Prep: Protecting Wall Street
I just wish I could have been there yesterday to help place sandbags at the NY Stock Exchange.
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Juxtaposition of the Day: Ground Zero, Ground Zero
On one level, the only difference is geometry.
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Gaddafi's Taste for Rice
Well, I like how they photographed Gaddafi's Condi Rice scrapbook on top of a flowery mattress in the dictator's compound.
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Cheney's Audacious Memoir Cover (And Claim to the Empire)
Perhaps it's his deteriorating health, though, that motivated this kind of imperial parting shot.
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London is Back!
If you were at all worried about London's well-being, not to worry.
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Nicole Tung in Eastern Libya. Next Stop: Qadaffi's Hometown
Nicole Tung in eastern Libya where the eastern front presses on towards the Qaddafi stronghold of Sirte, and fierce fighting may yet be in the cards.
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Defacing Gaddafi
The partial preservation of Gaddafi’s image suggests that, ultimately, in order to move towards an unknown future a reminder of the past must stay in sight.
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