Reporting Just Part of the Picture
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 5th, 2010 4:42 am by HL
Reporting Just Part of the Picture
“It was the ideal metaphor for a politically troubled president. There was President Obama on the cover of the June 19 issue of The Economist, standing alone on a Louisiana beach, head down, looking forlornly at the ground,” the New York Times reports.
“The problem was, he was not actually alone. The photograph was just edited to make it look that way.”
Quote of the Day
“This is not President Obama’s war. This is America’s war… Michael Steele is backtracking so fast, he’s going to be in Kabul fighting here pretty soon.”
— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), in an interview on Face the Nation, on RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s comments on the Afghanistan war.
