Yahoo's Picture Tells A Thousand Words
You can tell a lot about a news organization's editorial bent by the pictures they choose to illustrate a story. For example, check out The Guardian's 2004 election special coverage. Nearly every picture of President Bush has him making a stupid face. Now, critics of the President might argue that that's just his regular face, but I think we all know
better.
Yesterday, Yahoo! was similarly revealed in an otherwise innocuous story about troop levels. Check out the picture of the troops listening to the President's speech at Fort Riley. The crowd looks bored beyond belief and two people are clearly sleeping. I'm not saying the AP should only provide (and Yahoo! should only publish) pictures of soldiers enthusiastically cheering, but since coverage of the speech at Kansas State made it sound like a pretty interesting affair, I think they had their choice of some more neutral photos.
I believe Bread. A picture can paint a thousand words, but that doesn't necessarily make those words true.
Posted by kris at January 25, 2006 09:19 AM
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