LA Times Deifies, Mythologizes Fallen Troops. What Friendly Fire?
In conjunction with Christ-like comparisons to the scene at Golgotha and parallels to Iwo Jima, the context that these Marines died as leaders in combat maintains the accepted mythology of ‘the way Americans die.’
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Off Colors of Benetton: Obama as Gay Lover
With the American election coming up, I'm not exactly seeing the un-hate agenda here.
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For Bloomberg and NYPD, it's Just Business
The fact it's a member of the NY Police force choking this protester, as opposed to some other power suit, feels like a distinction without a difference.
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Zuccotti Clean Out: 24 Hours Will Tell
So the question, when we get to the end of this 24-hour media cycle, will the Reuters photo win the action for Occupy, or, will the Mayor's gambit pay off?
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Occupy: End of the Camping Trip?
This weekend photo from Portland raises THE question about Occupy right now.
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Rolling Over Occupy
Now, I know that Occupy had a tough week in Oakland, but it's no coincidence that a nationwide crackdown is underway with big media only too happy to focus on police action as if Occupy brought it upon itself.
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The Penn State Mural and the Cover-Up of Jerry Sandusky
The new mural simultaneously represents an effort to revise history (the institution's detaching itself from an infamous figure) and an awareness of implications of that act.
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Gloria Meets the Press: Our Take on the FOX Promo Photos of Herman and Gloria Cain
Nothing is more demonstrative of Cain's power relationship with women than Herman to the left, ladies to the right.
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Occupy Portland: Eviction Weekend
If not the first eviction, Portland is one of the more timely with the photo sure to satisfy many pushing for Occupiers to go home.
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Fukushima's Radiant Media Junket
Given Tepco and Japan's efforts to tightly contain this story, it's hard for me to look past the metaphor here of journalists, bottled up to fend off the microsieverts, being taken for a ride.
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Occupy UC Berkeley vs. UC Berkeley Riot Police: How to Carefully Fold a Tent
Given the violence that broke out on Wednesday, this almost dainty photo is as misleading as it is an affront to students who minutes earlier were attacked by UC Berkeley police.
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The Elusive Enemy: A Look Back at the Visual Culture of the “War on Terror”
Focusing on news photography and photojournalism, the visual culture of the ‘war on terror’ over the last ten years can be understood as both beginning and ending with absence.
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"Blame the Victim": Stalking Horse for Cain Visualizes Accuser As "Ugly Bitch"
With unbridled speed, the Herman Cain sexual harassment controversy has already shifted from the “he said/she said” (and she said, and she said, and she said) stage to the unfortunately predictable “blame the victim” phase.
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Yes, We Cane? Some Take-Aways On Newsweek's Herman Cain Cover
I can't tell if Newsweek would like to walk this back now, or there's no downside because memories are so short and we've gotten lost in the hype-machine.
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Protest In the Present Tents: The Overarching Symbol of Occupy
Over the past few months, the Occupy symbol that has come to characterize both the soul and the footprint of the movement is the trusty camping tent.
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The Herman (and Gloria) We Don't Know
If there is any truth to the allegations that Cain did sexually harass female employees as head of the National Restaurant Association, this photo -- and Gloria Cain's reluctance to stand up -- is going to get a lot more scrutiny.
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Sexual "Hermaneutics": Bialek Accuses Cain
Because almost everything political these days seems to share some resonance with the Occupy movement, Ms. Bialek's accusations function as one more indictment of corporate culture.
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As Agitators Occupy Occupy, Will Media Call It Out?
Shame on the Sacramento Bee for attributing the violence late Thursday night to Occupy protesters when the chaos was identifiably the responsibility of an outside contingent of black bloc agitators.
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