Time and Newsweek aren’t much better than tabloid trash

Barack Obama: “The First Gay President.”

This week’s issue of Newsweek features a photo of Barack Obama with a rainbow halo and a headline proclaiming him as the “First Gay President.”. Of course, Barack Obama isn’t gay, it’s just Newsweek’s way of shocking people and grabbing headlines. I guess they’re not confident in the quality of their writing, and decided to use tabloid techniques to sell magazines.

It could also be a reaction to Time Magazine, which decided to place a picture of a woman breast feeding her child. That alone would be questionable, but when you take into account that the child was pretty big in comparison to his mother, it seemed very strange. Actually, sick is probably a better word. » read more

Running a race or running a campaign?

If you were writing an article about the electability of a politician and their future in government, what type of photo would you use? If it were me, I’d probably stick to a photo which portrays them as they are most commonly seen. For politicians, this would be in a traditional business suit. This makes sense to me, but I’m assuming that the person choosing the photo is unbiased and interested in presenting a fair picture of the individual. » read more