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Today's Media Notes column in the Washington Post:

This item in INDC Journal caught my eye because it involves Monday's Media Notes column about the Newsweek debacle. Bill Ardolino points out that there was a photo of a protest sign--"Newsweek Deserves to be Banned"--in the print edition, with the caption: "The Koran story is a new wedge in the culture wars between left and right." Deniability clause: When I saw the photo in the paper, I assumed, probably like most people, that some conservatives were picketing Newsweek.

It turns out the photo was closely cropped so you couldn't tell that it was taken at a demonstration of Indian Islamists. Standing next to the protester with that sign was another Indian with a sign that read, "Bush Should Apologise for Desecration of Quran." Given the way the picture was cropped and the lack of an explanatory cutline, I'd agree the effect was misleading.

Posted by Bill at May 25, 2005 12:11 PM | TrackBack (1)

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Posted by: floridacracker at May 25, 2005 06:32 PM