The New York Times three-pager front-page story on Tuesday tried to do it with photos while their text puts on a mask of innocence. Picture of tea partiers: all men with gray hair, some obviously veterans. Message: It's a movement of old folks, mostly those dangerous veterans. Picture of mixed-race woman: caption says she's afraid to go to tea parties unless she's with a large group.
The NYT has their audience pegged: people who look at the nice color pictures and read the captions because it's easy. They do much more damage with their photos and captions now than with their text.