Make America Meme: Why Melania Trump Birthday Photo was a Coup for the White House
More than pointed critiques, these memes tend to offer the Trump administration greater drama and even unwitting sympathy.
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The Barr Code: Why the Mueller Redactions Went Viral
The Barr version of the Mueller Report confirms Trump’s lasting legacy as a black out.
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Trump and Reporters on the South Lawn: Getting Stranger by the Day
The reason I’m writing this is because the photos of Trump and reporters on the South Lawn have become flat out bizarre lately.
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Charlottesville and Trump: Our Social Media Roundup
This week's round up is dedicated to the brazen white supremacist march in Charlottesville, and Trump's fanning of those flames.
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Saudis Up First: Trump With Extra Butter
One the first leg of Trump’s first international trip, the Saudis completely outdid themselves patronizing the patronizable.
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Watch: Key Pictures from Trump’s First 100 Days: The Reading the Pictures Salon
In this latest edition of the Reading the Pictures Salon, a distinguished panel reads key pictures from the first 100 days of the Trump Presidency.
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How Much is Barron Trump Off-limits? A Risky News Photo Award
Given the media blackout on children of the president, how far can we go in analyzing this now acclaimed piece of journalism?
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Trump’s Office Shrine: The Table, the FOX Interview and Self-Obsession
The segment of the FOX Trump interview proves so telling, it could be mistaken for a behavioral experiment.
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Nancy Burson’s What If Trump Were: Black-Asian-Hispanic-Middle Eastern-Indian
This animated GIF was created by artist Nancy Burson to consider how Donald Trump’s mind works and to stir reflection from the mogul's malignant soul.
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GOP Convention: Regression to the Mean. Ugly Mean.
The hostility of Donald Trump has permeated the tone and tenor of the GOP convention.
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Thank You Jesus For Lord President Trump
To observe the disconnect between Trump and evangelicals, illustrations are not hard to find.
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On Obama’s Tears
Obama's tears not only give Americans permission to feel and to grieve over what’s been confined to a political battle, but also to weep.
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Best Angles on Obama’s Visit to Federal Prison
Obama's presence transforms these inmates from pariahs to men with stories; men who made mistakes; men who might not even be here were it not for the draconian treatment of non-violent drug offenders.
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Why You’ve Gotta Love Heisler’s Photo of Trump’s Announcement
If the GOP has set a particularly low bar this presidential cycle, my early sense of the photojournalism is the opposite.
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Reality Show President: Inside the White House PR Machine
In producing this just-under 12 minute video, ReasonTV draws on quotes from BagNews to illustrate how thoroughly the White House controls Obama's visual image.
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The Pet Goat, Revisited. (Or: The 9/11 Photo I Never Saw Before.)
Given the intense criticism Bush endured for not responding immediately to that cataclysmic event, why is this photo now enshrined in the Bush Library's 9/11 photo gallery?
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Photo Ops and Staging: Beyond White House Access, the Larger Issue is What We Have Access To
The current antagonism between photographers and the White House needs to be broadened beyond the simple question of access. It is time to look at the bigger picture, and make the photo-op as much the subject, so we have a visual record of how events and issues are...
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White House Flickr and Keeping the Benghazi Story Straight
When a photograph is used to illustrate a point rather than to record an event or person, that visual explanation encompasses every element of the photo. Even elements the White House may not want to emphasize.
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