Posted on 09/15/2008 12:40:53 PM PDT by Alouette
The editor of The Atlantic Monthly said Monday he is sending a letter of apology to John McCain after a woman the magazine hired to photograph the Republican presidential nominee posted manipulated pictures from the photo shoot on her Web site.
Photographer Jill Greenberg, who is vehemently anti-Republican and expressed glee that the photos would stir up conservative ire, took pictures of McCain for the cover of The Atlantic’s October issue.
During the shoot, she took several other backlit pictures, which she then doctored and posted to her site. In one photo, she added blood oozing from McCain’s shark-toothed mouth and labeled it with the caption “I am a bloodthirsty warmongerer.” In another, a caption over McCain’s head says, “I will have my girl kill Roe v. Wade,” an obvious reference to his running mate Sarah Palin’s anti-abortion positions.
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Was there an attendant story about Bush taking candy away from children?
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I would like to leave her a message.
Another reason we can be thankful for the internet and what I call back fence reporting. We are all neighbors now. The old media are no longer gods and kings to be worshiped for their "knowledge".
I'll not bore with detail after detail, but I am so thankful to have lived in that time and now in this time. My grandmother was born in 1891 and died in 1978. She remembered seeing her first airplane, etc. And she lived to see men walking on the moon. I'm a generation or two too late for that, but I am amazed daily at what the Internet brings to our lives!
Hey, stand-up guy here. Applause.
I have a different take on this I guess. Why the hell can’t McCain’s campaign do a 30-second google search to vet this photographer? Yes, Atlantic could have done the same search, but McCain is smeared and Atlantic will lose 5 readers. The damage is done. The MSM and anyone that works for them will never give Republicans a fair shake, especially this close to an election. Wake up, McCain. It’s not paranoia, they really are out to get you.
Good point. Most magazines get all the rights. I knew a writer years ago who would only sell first North American rights - but that's unusual. It seems Atlantic Monthly would have a standard contract. You might be on to something here.
I think some photographers of note get to negotiate that into their contracts. I have a funny story about that. When I was working at SHOWTIME, we were airing the “Lost Episodes of the Honeymooners.” It was a big thing. We were doing an interview with Jackie Gleason to be done at his home in Connecticut..or something. Well, I wanted to play the bigshot and hired an old high-school friend I had a bit of a crush on... He was an up and coming photographer and I just wanted to show off. So I hired him and let him have the rights to the shoot. Turns out this was the last interview and photo shoot Gleason ever did as he died soon after... and this guy still owns the rights! Oh well...
Typical hit by the left. Do the damage and fake an apology.
Another class act by the left.
Atlantic Monthly’ Editor Apologizes for Deliberately ‘Sinister’ Picture of McCain
Video link:
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=174613
The abuse that conservatives have suffered at the hands of the MSM over the years is unbelievable. I am confident though that there day is coming, and it might be all that far away based on what's happening with Sarah Palin.
Thanks again!
Uh, you might want to replace your "," before the "com" above with a "."
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