You have to wonder what the heck is the deal with this photo Time Magazine published accompanying a Joe Klein screed?
They have cut off the heads of President Bush and the troops he was posing with, quite a disrespectful "artistic" choice, wouldn't you say? Even if they don't respect the president, to treat our troops in such a way is obscene.
But, who imagines that they respect the troops in the first place?
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Time photo
July 13, 2007 - 20:02 ET by LionKingThe article is called Bush's July Surprise...I hope Time is not suggesting the decapitation of Bush and the military.
I officially HATE Time magazine now.
Lion, It just shows the libe
July 13, 2007 - 21:40 ET by BEGRUNTLion,
It just shows the liberal slant. It really troubles me that there are people in this country that ACTIVELY root for our defeat. It really is sickening. There are days where I say why bother...........but I cant, because I love this country too much to just bury my head in the sand. These jerks must be exposed, and identified, for the sake of our future, and my children's future. I dont want to be asked by my kids in the future why I did nothing, so I'm doing something. I write letters to the editor, contact my representatives, and scream and yell till I cant anymore. This is too important!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEGRUNT
July 13, 2007 - 21:50 ET by LionKingAll I can say is...
Freedom isn't Free !!!
[What is ashame is that these defeatist do not understand this]
Absolutely, 100 percent, well
July 13, 2007 - 21:52 ET by BEGRUNTAbsolutely, 100 percent, well said!!!!
Sorry, I'm a bit melancholy t
July 13, 2007 - 22:00 ET by BEGRUNTSorry, I'm a bit melancholy tonight, I've been watching the "rise and fall of the WTC" on the history channel. I was in the EOC in L.A. during the attack. This was the first time I could watch it since that day. Very emotional for me, still hard to watch.
Well, even the Iraqi goverm
July 14, 2007 - 13:14 ET by BlameTheMediaWell, even the Iraqi goverment said we go any time. Why not do it? The country should be their responsibility, and they said you can go. Give us some training and weapons and go.
Shouldn't we respect the government of this sovereign young democracy?
And furthermore...
July 14, 2007 - 09:44 ET by goldenthroatLionKing,
I haven't purchased a Time, Newsweek or U.S. N & WR in years and have no plans to do so. It is this kind of braindead, bias reporting that I, too, find disgusting.
BTW - we are constantly hearing about how major MSM newspapers are losing subscribers by the droves - wonder if anyone has stats of subscriber losses among the left-wing magazines?
"Yeah, that's the ticket!" - Tommy Flanagan
Who the heck reads TIME, anyw
July 16, 2007 - 08:49 ET by ammo johnWho the heck reads TIME, anyway?
}}----> Reading Time
July 16, 2007 - 09:00 ET by Cool ArrowFunny, the consumers of TIME magazine only look at the pictures anyway.
The topic could be about Public Schools, and the readers wouldn't know without the apple and the blackboard eraser.
Forgive me for dropping this
July 13, 2007 - 20:03 ET by drillanwrForgive me for dropping this here, but I just came across it over at malkin's hot air site and MUST share it with you ...
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on ON THE MAP with Avi Lewis (a Canadian interview show). Ayaan really puts it to the Canuck jerk, but her quote I've included says it all: http://www.cbc.ca/onthemap/fullpage.php?id=87 "...You grew up in freedom ... You can spit on freedom because you don't know what it is NOT to have freedom ..." Lewis accuses Ali of spouting pro American talking points, even asking her if there was a school she had gone to to learn all the things she was saying ... Never mind the fact that Lewis dragged out every anti American and DNC talking point to counter her testimony to her joy of freedom in America.The woman is a Wonder Of The World ...
Oh, and Time magazine???Yeah,
July 13, 2007 - 20:11 ET by drillanwrOh, and Time magazine???
Yeah, the pages of Time Magazine ... more than capable of fulfilling Sheryl Crow's one square rule.
Do a search on far-left Time
July 13, 2007 - 21:37 ET by Del DolemonteDo a search on far-left Time mag founders Henry and Claire Boothe Luce sometime.
When I lived on Oahu in the early 1960s, the Luces lived in a huge estate somewhere out by Henry "Permanente" Kaiser's spread by Portlock.(Koko Head)
Denial
July 13, 2007 - 20:13 ET by nkviking75Klien: Recently, in his desperation, starting with his speech at the Naval War College on June 28, he has been telling an outright lie, and he repeated it now, awkwardly, in Cleveland: "The same people that attacked us on September the 11th is the crowd that is now bombing people, killing innocent men, women and children, many of whom are Muslims, trying to stop the advance of a system based upon liberty."
So what are you saying Joe? Are you claiming that Al Qaeda is not responsible for Sept. 11th, or are you saying that Al Qaeda is not currently in Iraq?
Idiot.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Lame yutts.I dont buy time ma
July 13, 2007 - 20:19 ET by well99Lame yutts.I dont buy time magazine but if I had friends that did I definately tell them not to.Boycott Time!
I wouldn't mind it if the T
July 13, 2007 - 20:44 ET by radiofitz34I wouldn't mind it if the Time photojournalists cut off Nancy Pelosi's head. In fact I would appreciate it.
I work in a public library an
July 13, 2007 - 20:47 ET by Scout FinchI work in a public library and every opportunity I get to reshelve Time, Newsweek, and US News, I always opt to stick the most offensive covers in the back of the stack. These days, it's getting harder and harder to decide which week's cover is worst.
Good man yourself!Anyone who
July 13, 2007 - 21:54 ET by kathleenirishGood man yourself!
Anyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar.
And you are on this blog wo
July 14, 2007 - 17:13 ET by BlameTheMediaAnd you are on this blog worried about media bias? You work at a public library and evidently feel the need to promote your bias...
good irony... I mean hypocrasy.
I did not read that Finch rem
July 14, 2007 - 18:19 ET by drillanwrI did not read that Finch removed the magazines from the library ... They were there to be found. Much like turning the dial on the TV and radio.
Censorship comes in many fo
July 16, 2007 - 12:04 ET by BlameTheMediaCensorship comes in many forms. He has the intent to hide the ones he doesn't like. And, he hides the ones he doesn't like behind the ones he thinks are okay.
So now when they give half
July 13, 2007 - 20:40 ET by FairlightSo now when they give half the story, they have half the picture to go along with it.
There you go ...
July 13, 2007 - 20:49 ET by drillanwrThere you go ...
Warner, 1/2 a photo is cheaper with the onionskin rag of Time.
July 13, 2007 - 21:07 ET by acaiguanaWarner, 1/2 a photo is cheaper with the onionskin rag of Time.
Yep, that's gotta be it.... Yep.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)
A photo shoot of the Presiden
July 13, 2007 - 21:21 ET by Trix RabbitA photo shoot of the Presidential groin? If I were a strict Freudian, I would say that the "journalists" at Time have some deep, unresolved issues.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
What Caused This!
July 13, 2007 - 21:33 ET by PawpawNActually the Pres was having some fun with the reporter and photographer and whispered, "Is that a live grenade there!"
Warner,Time Magazine Decapita
July 13, 2007 - 22:14 ET by Dave RWarner,
Time Magazine Decapitates President/ Troops in Photo
Then perhaps the CIC should return the favor to the powers that be at Time Magazine. :-)
Help Fred defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary-Obama Axis, & win the White House in '08.
Then perhaps the CIC should
July 14, 2007 - 08:56 ET by Tom1969caThe irony here is that, in pre-liberation Iraq and pre-liberation Afghanistan, that is exactly what would have happened to a magazine editor who disrespected Hussein or the Taliban...
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"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."-- Marge Simpson
Tom1969ca,Exactly, which is w
July 14, 2007 - 21:02 ET by Dave RTom1969ca,
Exactly, which is why the support these people get from the liberal MSM is so perplexing.
Help Fred defeat the RINOs, along with the Hitllary-Obama Axis, & win the White House in '08.
Media Bubble
July 13, 2007 - 23:17 ET by acumen"We live in a sheltered world, in this media bubble where our “truth” is based merely on what we receive from today’s media. And since we do not control what the media tells us, we do not control the truth; we are victims of it." Capt. Iglesias - USMC
well..
July 13, 2007 - 23:43 ET by clarkfkfrom an artistic standpoint, I can really appreciate this picture, regardless of who is in it. It draws attention to the contrast between military (raw power) and business (raw policy-setting). From that artistic standpoint, I really like this photo.
HOWEVER: knowing that the photo is of our troops and our president sheds a whole new light. The photo changes from one of contrast to one of anonyminity. Who is being represented here? According to the photo, anonymous grunts and the "suit" who leads them. Without the heads, the facial expressions, we are left with a feeling that the troops are blindly following a blind leader. Without the heads and facial expressions, we are left wondering if it's just a "pose" shot or if the troops really support the cause.
And, of course, there is a darker side to the issue. The people in the photo have been decapitated. It is a cry, a signal of death to the idea of the necessity of this war. It is, perhaps subconsiously, telling us that the war is useless, the president is useless, etc.
Personally, I cannot side either way with regards to this photo. On one hand, I have to admire the way it is presented. But, on the other hand, because it is being presented by the dem-ruled MSM, I have extreme distaste for the way a good photo (as I am sure the faces were originally included) is being mutiliated and wasted for propaganda purposes.
Wow. Well said. I like you
July 14, 2007 - 17:10 ET by BlameTheMediaWow. Well said. I like your analysis. It is much deeper than even the media probably intended... while I agree with you, I wonder if they even had that much thought behind it or if it was an accident.
You must have artistic training.
Can you imagine if this was
July 13, 2007 - 23:35 ET by riff_raffCan you imagine if this was a photo shoot of (thankfully ex) President Clinton and the troops?
Time photographer: "Uh, Ms. Lewinsky?.... Could you please move aside for a moment?......Thank you."
*gak*Please don't do that w
July 14, 2007 - 08:57 ET by Tom1969ca*gak*
Please don't do that when I'm drinking my coffee ... it's not good for my screen!
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"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."-- Marge Simpson
Joe Klein owes an explanation
July 14, 2007 - 00:37 ET by maggieqpublicJoe Klein owes an explanation, or does he lack the resolve of true manfulness to justify the use of this photograph? I find this photograph of my President and of the nation’s warriors…. bordering on the pornographic. And yet, I believe that Mr. Klein is aware of his violation. It’s better (financially) to be a controversial journalist than to continue sinking into the role of a has-been writer. Joe Klein is desperate for attention.
Imagine the reaction of lef
July 14, 2007 - 04:30 ET by sarcasmoImagine the reaction of lefty-feminists to my request for a similar photo (preferably a video of the recent bounce-against-AGW!) of Cameron Diaz...My problem with this photo -- especially since Bush and the troops all have much less-interesting chests than Ms. Diaz IMO -- is that it's BORING, apart from any "unexpected" bias from an already obviously far-left Time.
JMR
"War is an ugly thing,
July 14, 2007 - 16:49 ET by Blackwater"War is an ugly thing, but not
the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic
feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has
nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than
his own personal safety, is a miserable creature, and has no chance of being
free unless made or kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." This quote sums it up for me.
John Stuart Mill said it, I d
July 14, 2007 - 19:13 ET by Warner Todd HustonJohn Stuart Mill said it, I do believe.
I doubt very seriously there
July 14, 2007 - 20:28 ET by JerI doubt very seriously there were sinister motives underlying the display of the photo in question. It was drawn from the log of Time magazine's official White House photographers, and if you view the entire log on the website, you'll find the photos to be overwhelmingly positive and tasteful. There are a few instances where the photographer was clearly focusing on a smaller object within a larger context resulting in less than the entire body of a person being included in the picture, and in two or three instances, the photo was truncated along the top for less obvious reasons (thus, decapitations). It may have been a pixel issue which caused less than the compete photo to be visible on a computer monitor. It may be due to something else, but I think it's premature to suggest an effort to disrespect the President.
Regarding the article: Joe Klein is a moderate/liberal who has been generally supportive of Bush's foreign policy and sharply critical of the anti-war Left. In this case, he slammed Bush. So what? Klein is a political pundit for Time, just as Charles Krauthammer has articulated a conservative viewpoint for the magazine. I doubt if many of you objected to Krauthammer's evisceration of Al Gore and "Limousine Liberals" in Time not long ago. Indeed, Time has done some very flattering cover stories about George and Laura Bush over the course of his Presidency.
A final note: Henry and Claire Boothe Luce were "far left"? You've got to be kidding. Admittedly, Time has moved toward the center/left in recent decades, but in the Luce era there was essentially no such thing as a "liberal media" [was that a collective nostalgic sigh I just heard?],,,the only wing was Right and farther Right when it came to the ideology of almost all of the media moguls.
Klein has never been a suppor
July 14, 2007 - 21:03 ET by Warner Todd HustonKlein has never been a supporter of Bush "moderate" or not. But he has been critical of the over reactionary far left.
As to the bit about the Luce's, I have to agree for the most part. After all, if I am not mistaken, they were some of the media moguls that created out of whole cloth Wendel Wilkie's fake Republican presidential candidacy to oppose the anti-business Franklin Roosevelt.
I wouldn't say they were that far to the right, but they certainly weren't as far left as Times' folks are today. And they certainly were against FDR's socialist ideas.
Warner,I confess to not havin
July 14, 2007 - 22:08 ET by JerWarner,
I confess to not having read Klein as much in recent times, but in my post I was specifically referring to support in the foreign policy arena. I may be wrong, so I'll do some checking.
You're right about Wilkie. I seem to recall reading somewhere he was always insistentl his Republican audiences understood he was a liberal.
The pendulum keeps swinging, if oddly.
Jer
Wilkie was NEVER a Republican
July 14, 2007 - 23:52 ET by Warner Todd HustonWilkie was NEVER a Republican. He was nearly a clone of FDR... sort of FDR lite. In fact, for most of the campaign he wouldn't even criticize FDR. It wasn't until nearly the end of the campaign that he began to criticize FDR. And, as soon as he lost the election, he went right back to 100% support of FDR.
Wilkie was not even a registered Republican until just before he ran for the presidency. He was a Democrat before that. And his entire candidacy was created by the news magazines of the era. No real Republican supported him and his candidacy was brought about by the magazines and the grass roots who ended up supporting Wilkie which, in the end, forced the GOP establishment to go along.
I suppose, though, that it was good he lost and that a REAL Republican didn't run and win on top of that. The GOP as a Party was completely isolationist at the time.
Jer,I appreciate your explana
July 14, 2007 - 22:59 ET by maggieqpublicJer,
I appreciate your explanation and look forward to the Time/Klein apology.
Ugh...not "disrespectful." Ju
July 15, 2007 - 20:35 ET by balboaUgh...not "disrespectful." Just a different look for a photo, that's all. No conspiracy, no controversy.