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The Perfection of NYT Mag’s Ryan Cover, Mr. Right 20 Oct 2012 | 01:36 am
It's perfect -- especially the title.
No, Everyone DOESN’T Do It: Why WAPO’s Defense of Ryan’s Soup Kitchen Photo Op is Dead Wrong 19 Oct 2012 | 10:55 am
I can understand the media wanting to absolve itself of responsibility in enabling the Ryan photo op and distributing the pictures, but in this case, these comparisons don't wash.
God Bless Damon Winter 18 Oct 2012 | 11:51 am
With photographers constantly worried about finding unique angles on this interminable marathon, Winter avails himself of that tool in the toolbox that he makes look simply but is otherwise not easy t...
Wearing the Binders: Romney Can’t Talk to Women 17 Oct 2012 | 03:14 pm
Tweeted by his body man, Garrett Jackson, just before Romney walked onstage, this photo impressed me as presaging tension between Crowley and Romney. I assumed that was because Romney defies rules and...
Pic of the Night? (…Yeah, Revised With that Fuzzy Crazy Other One) 17 Oct 2012 | 07:42 am
I assume a lot of people are going to see Obama bringing the passion as the whole story. But there’s more going on here. Was Obama the central figure/more grounded? Is Romney’s back up? …Did the tie c...
WAPO Home Page: How is Editorial Slideshow Anything But US Marine Product Placement? 17 Oct 2012 | 04:46 am
With 26 photos taken by "I lost count how many" military photographers, the photos plucked from the Marine's Flickr site, this is nothing but free advertising -- and, not to mention, free content and ...
White House Flickr and Keeping the Benghazi Story Straight 16 Oct 2012 | 12:38 am
When a photograph is used to illustrate a point rather than to record an event or person, that visual explanation encompasses every element of the photo. Even elements the White House may not want to ...
Obama: The Agony 15 Oct 2012 | 11:38 am
What was once a profile of the steady pilot in a tornado now looks a lot more like the stock photo for a Paxil ad.
Did Ryan Campaign Fake Photo Op at Ohio Soup Kitchen, and Did Media Enable It? 14 Oct 2012 | 02:09 pm
This story stands to offer one more blow to the integrity of this campaign, as well as the credibility of the media to keep politicians honest, not just serve as a PR adjunct.
Last Look at the Post-Debate Split-Screen Tit-for-Tat 13 Oct 2012 | 08:07 pm
I like this screen shot as a last word from the DR print edition. Pox on both their houses.
