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Palin's Unflattering Newsweek Cover
Sarah Palin is featured on the cover of Newsweek's October 13 edition. It is an extremely close up picture, and it is not retouched. That, paired with the title "She's One of The Folks (And that's the problem)" is causing quite a stir. Newsweek is being criticized because they have had past covers featuring Barack Obama in which he almost appears to have a halo over his head. Many people are taking it as Newsweek showing blatant favoritism towards the Democratic ticket, a bias that should be left out of "true" journalistic mediums.
It is interesting that they decided to put an un-retouched picture on the cover. But some are wondering if Newsweek is insulting common Americans by insulting Sarah Palin's "folk-iness."
Jon Meacham writes, "Whether one agrees or disagrees with his politics, there is no arguing that McCain is qualified to be president of the United States. But there is plenty of argument about Palin's qualifications. Why should we apply a different standard to the vice president who would stand to succeed him?"
This is a viable question.
What makes people think that Sarah Palin is at all qualified to be vice president? Do Americans hold vice presidents at a different standard than presidents?
This was definitely brought to question after the vice presidential debate. All Palin and Biden discussed were their running mates and who would make a better president. They didn't really touch upon who would make the best vice president.
One would think that voters would want to hear more about the president's right hand man (or now in this case, woman). The vice president isn't just some figurehead. Biden or Palin is going to be there helping make decisions, dealing with foreign leaders right alongside Obama or McCain.
In making the voting decision, it's definitely not just about who is on top of the ticket. That second name matters too...and in a big way.
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le wilhelm
10:52PM 10:52PM Oct 9th 2008
Of course Newsweek did this on purpose.
Saint Holy THE ONE Obama. It's sick. The meida has lost all respect, and should never be trusted again.
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William Bischoff
2:56AM 2:56AM Oct 10th 2008
What is so "unflattering" about the Newsweek picture?
I think they did her a favor by NOT showing her hair. We see her clear eye looking out at us, and her big smile. Those are her "best features". If her folksiness is so bad, why doesn't she "drop it"? Is she trying to talk down to America, as if they have no education? Ellie Mae was lovable, but she wasn't running for Vice President. The person we would like to "hang out" with and swap stories about our problems, is NOT THE PERSON WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO "FIX" THOSE PROBLEMS. She sounded "almost" intelligent with her speech at the Convention. She should have stuck with THAT speech writer, instead of trying to cover her ignorance about the issues, with the "down home" approach.
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Sean
4:21AM 4:21AM Oct 10th 2008
Don't think that the Palin handlers didn't control this picture to the nth degree. NOTHING comes out of these campaigns that isn't approved. Ever. The pic is fine. She's not an unattractive women. The fact that the picture was NOT retouched is irrelevant to the points made: 1) she likes connecting w/"Joe Six Pack" but the right screams when it's acknowledged that she does so (a wonderful double-standard), and 2) the accompanying article is bang on. The VP job is a BIG job that requires a LOT of intellectual horsepower. She's just not there and the interviews prove it. We should all be VERY afraid.
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Mike
10:58PM 10:58PM Oct 9th 2008
Newsweek has several front cover of Obama. At least one had a seemly halo on it. But when they showed Condoleezza Rice several years ago. They altered the image to make it look very menacing and darker.
It seems that Newsweek tends to take the extreme liberal side of the aisle, as does MSNBC, CNN, NBC.
Objective journalism? Not hardly.
Remember Dan Rather that found a letter about Bush from his commander? This very critical letter was supposedly written in 1972.
DOCUMENTS CITED Wednesday by 60 Minutes in a widely-publicized expose of George W. Bush's National Guard Service are very likely forgeries, according to several experts on document authenticity and typography. The documents--four memos from Killian to himself or his files written in 1972 and 1973--appear to indicate that Bush refused or ignored orders to have a physical exam required to continue flying. CBS News anchor Dan Rather reported the segment and sourced the documents this way: "60 Minutes has obtained a number of documents we are told were taken from Col. Killian's personal file," he said. The 60 Minutes story served as the basis for follow-up news reports for dozens of news organizations across the country. …
"These sure look like forgeries," says William Flynn, a forensic document expert widely considered the nation's top analyst of computer-generated documents. Flynn looked at copies of the documents posted on the CBS News website (here, here, here, and here). Flynn says, "I would say it looks very likely that these documents could not have existed" in the early 1970s, when they were allegedly written.
Several other experts agree….
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Kat
5:02AM 5:02AM Oct 10th 2008
She looks fine. I wished I looked that good. Stick with issues.
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Grayce
1:58PM 1:58PM Oct 10th 2008
Television journalists are not sticking to the issues -- and it is in Gov. Palin's favor. When asked if she is a good vice-presidential pick, many reply, "She is doing what a vp candidate should do: attack the opposing candidate for president; she creates buzz; as such, she is an effective vp pick."
Where in that answer does it say she is a good pick to assume the presidency in the god-forbid-event?
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Magic 8
1:16PM 1:16PM Oct 10th 2008
"Last Week's News" is in a pitiful competition with Time Mag to be the official weekly of the DNC. It's irrelevant, to ALL.
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Kimberly Theidon
10:31PM 10:31PM Oct 10th 2008
Appallin' Politics (or Playing on Base Emotions)
The words and images featured in the article “Palin Plays to Conservative Base in Florida Rallies” (NYT, Oct 7, 2008) are deeply disturbing regardless of which party one supports in this presidential election. Although McCain spokesperson Nicole Wallace rejects any criticism as just more noise from the “fussiest campaign in American history,” that is not the aspect of American history that troubles me. From the self-proclaimed Palin's Pittbulls screaming “Get him Sarah!” to the racial epithets hurled at an African-American cameraman, to the cry “Kill him!” when Palin smears Barack Obama with charges of “palling around with terrorists,” it is the ugliest of our history laid bare. In my undergraduate course on human rights and social justice, we spend several weeks on the civil rights movement. I bring in Billie Holliday's haunting rendition of “Strange Fruit,” which most of my young white students have never heard. That song played in my mind as I read the coverage of Palin's rally, and remembered the festive atmosphere that accompanied the lynching of so many black men. In those Florida crowds whipped up into a fever of belligerent ignorance, I do not see our country's future - I just hear echoes of our painful and divided past.
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ED MEYER
11:53AM 11:53AM Oct 11th 2008
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?, SHE IS UGLY, AND STUPID WHO HAPPENS TO LOOK LIKE A PIG!
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CM
2:44PM 2:44PM Oct 11th 2008
There is nothing wrong with Sarah Palin's picture as portrayed by Newsweek. On the contrary, the fact that it is unretouched makes it more likable. Her image just rightly connects to the folks on the street.
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CM
2:32PM 2:32PM Oct 11th 2008
There is nothing wrong with Sarah Palin's picture as portrayed by Newsweek! In fact it looks much nicer when it is unretouched. It certainly appears to be connecting to the folks on the street.
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CM
2:39PM 2:39PM Oct 11th 2008
What happened to you? Have you lost your sence of appreciate?
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Jen
4:08PM 4:08PM Oct 12th 2008
What happened to you? Lost any spelling lesson any one ever tried to teach you? There's also a useful tool on your computer called spell check, that you might want to investigate.
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doug
4:36PM 4:36PM Oct 11th 2008
THE PHOTO LOOKS GOOD VERY GOOD THE FACT THAT YOU LABEL IT UNFLATTERING SHOWS YOUR TOTAL PREDJUICE AGAINST CONSEVATIVES WITH SPECIAL DISDAIN FOR FEMAIL CONSERVATIVES.[TAKE A LOOK AT THE WRITER OF THE ARTICLE NO EXPLANATION NEEDED. PROABLY SOME JEALOUSY]
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Faith
6:15PM 6:15PM Oct 12th 2008
She looks beautiful... and, refreshingly; its much more than skin deep!
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b.
1:18PM 1:18PM Oct 12th 2008
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER PICTURE IF SH HAD A MUZZLE ON ........
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Barbara
6:44PM 6:44PM Oct 12th 2008
I agree with CM. Everyone is afraid of a pretty woman who has such luster about her...I like her and let's take a look at Obama...he NEVER answers the Questions when asked...He "ums" and "ahs" and uses the word "Change"! What is he going to CHANGE?
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Jen
4:00PM 4:00PM Oct 12th 2008
That's what she looks like. What's so unflattering? I keep reading stories about how gorgeous she is and I'm like, are we talking about the same person? She is not unattractive, but neither is she gorgeous, she's just regular. Isin't that what we're all suppose to like about her? Oh yeah, and are you really trying to suggest that the McCain campaign didn't approve this picture?
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Tom
6:57PM 6:57PM Oct 12th 2008
Newsweek's cover portrait of Governor Palin was deliberately skewed to portray her as only half an individual; it is a caricature, not a photo. The article followed with its usual litany of personal flaws, biased criticisms, and general astonishment that she would even be considered for the vice-presidency. Newsweek, led by Jonathan Alter (anti-Clinton as well), has long promoted Obama's career and campaign. It calls for expiation of white guilt toward the African-American politicians and embraces the concept of victomology. If Newsweek can ensure the election of Obama, then (according to their logic) we will all be purged of our sins (racism)whether we are guilty or not. This sort of compensatory journalism is beneath contempt, if not frightening. I hope they go out of business in the near future. That would be justice.
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A.Mason
9:52PM 9:52PM Oct 12th 2008
Hey-Palin likes to keep things real,so Newsweek was "keeping it real". Get over it.
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