Monday, May 9, 2011

License to Edit

Everyone recognizes this picture.  It captures the iconic moment that President Obama and his national security team watched as the operation that ultimately killed Osama bin Laden unfolded.  Hillary Clinton's expression with her hand cupped over her mouth makes this picture what it is.

But a Hareidi newspaper, Der Tzitung, that is printed in  Brooklyn decided to delete Clinton straight out of the picture.  In fact, they also deleted Audrey Tomason, the national director of counterterrorism, who can be seen peeking through on the right side.  The paper deleted the women because printing photos of women in a newspaper is sexually suggestive and thereby inappropriate.  The paper deleted the women even though the White House Flicker page states that the picture may not be altered in any way. Should the editing that Der Tzitung engaged in be allowed if it is on religious grounds? How far is too far in this issue? 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

OOOOPS!

Will Thomas of Fox News reported on Osama bin Laden's death and accidentally reported that President Obama was officially dead!  (A few moments later he was corrected and changed it to Osama).  Talk about a slip of the tongue, Freudian slip or out right bias?  Check it out here!