The "X" Factor
Considering the way the Wolverine blades seem to meld with the stabbing-and-shooting investigation, to what extent is this news photo seeking to reflect on societal violence as opposed to simply creating a sensational image?
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Cheney: Somehow Still Top Drawer
In the photo, you see Cheney -- as a ceremonial last act in office -- leaving his signature on the inside of his White House desk drawer. Has Dick embedded himself so powerfully into the political woodwork that he commands authority and weight in perpetuity?
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Jane Harman’s Stolen Moments
Now the question is, if you were a photo editor on this Jane Harman scandal story, you could resist running this picture?
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Let’s Hear It For "The Prop Stylist"
Does this FORTUNE cover -- with out of work white-collar types holding hobo-style "Hire Me" signs -- seem offensive to you?
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Your Turn: The Afghan Drag
BAGnewsNotes readers weigh in on the new TIME cover, touting a passive looking American soldier and the title "How Not To Lose In Afghanistan."
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Dover +18
It may be incidental that the first soldier to break the ban on the display of American caskets died in Afghanistan (as to opposed to Iraq), but it makes a huge difference in the way I look at this picture.
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There’s Rage And Then There’s Rage
Seems like quite a contrast in rage over the banking meltdown, I'd say, between the two side of the pond.
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Huge Opposition
Any thoughts on Newsweek's take on Krugman -- Obama's loyal opposition?
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Your Turn: Open For Questions
Certainly, I appreciate Reuters photographer Larry Downing's photo of Obama live and on-line "Open for Questions" town hall taken through a TV camera viewfinder.
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Meg, As In Megabucks
Going the horsey route, touting Meg Whitman's wealth and CEO status on the FORTUNE cover against the larger background of the Wall Street meltdown and the political rioting over AIG, seems particular flat-footed.
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Smelling Blood
I'm attracted to both photos for one reason. There's a overwhelming sense right now, with all the venom and retribution reverberating around Washington, of blood in the water.
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Ben From Main Street
As the White House and Congress turn A.I.G. into a "Great Recession" piñata, people are running every which way to avoid the taint of Wall Street. One of the most brilliant examples is this scene from Sunday's 60 Minutes.
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CNN RBC SOTU DOA
Former Vice President Dick Cheney appears on CNN's "State of the Union." And, what a halo!
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The "Fifty Day" Snapshot
Fifty days in to this new Administration, I see the photo as particularly relevant -- especially in light of the clawing Howard Fineman delivered to Obama in yesterday's Newsweek.
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Rush = Porn!
Newsweek morphs a super-sized Limbaugh into the Great and Powerful Oz, slaps a tag across his mouth connotative of porn, and guarantees (ca-ching, ca-ching) he will be driving the news cycle a second week in a row.
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Fair And Balanced
Can somebody please tell me what reason the Times had for giving Jindal this kind of random exposure upon Sebelius's nomination today to head HHS and lead the Administration's health care mission?
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First Returns On Obama, C.I.C.
Looking at the first photos of Obama as C.I.C., in front of a large audience of soldiers at Camp Lejeune, the question, from a media standpoint, is: how well did he wear?
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