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  •  Disagree (none / 1)

    This is simply a one-day short story - a few sentences and a picture.  The missing explosives is a week-long, emerging narrative - talking heads, footage, discussion.  Giulani blaming the troops for W's mistake is an intermittent, competing-opinion dialogue spilling out over several days, a few he-saids one day, a few she-saids the next.  

    The media maw requires each type of story to fill their voracious need for up-to-the-minute blather.  There's room for substance, barking and nit-picking in every news cycle.  This nit is ripe for picking.  

    "I cherished my hate like a badge of moral superiority." - Mark Rudd

    by Bob Love on Thu Oct 28, 2004 at 03:28:34 PM PDT

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    •  Imagine if Kerry did this . . . (4.00 / 2)

      The news would be on it like flies on shit.  Bush would "Gore" him over it.  
      Make it a story - make it a big story.

      Will you help me raise $1000 for Jay Nixon who is running for Governor of Missouri.

      by aimeeinkc on Thu Oct 28, 2004 at 03:53:58 PM PDT

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    •  There are certain moments that stick (none / 1)

      I don't agree.   There are some small things that serve to represent the whole campaign, and for one reason or another we remember them years later.   Like the stupid Republican claim that Al Gore represented himself as the inventor of the Internet (which of course he never did).   This Photoshopping could be the same thing for us.  This should be expolited for all it's worth for the next 24hrs.   Let's see if it catches on.  

      The point is, there is a substantial number of voters out there still looking for a reason not to vote for Bush.  This shows what real phonies he and his crowd are in a way that anyone can understand.

      by quake on Thu Oct 28, 2004 at 05:31:24 PM PDT

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      •  Agreeable non-disagreement (none / 0)

        I was disagreeing with the notion that we should ignore this story in favor of more potent ones.  I was trying to suggest that stories of various significance fit various media niches, and that "lesser" stories like this one can serve a purpose along with more substantive ones.  

        Whatever legs this doctored photo may have, I wish it a long and prosperous run.  

        I also liked the post below that put it in the context of prepared photo ops like Saddam's statue being torn down, not to mention Bush's fake turkey platter and the staged flyboy "Mission Accomplished" event.  And I'd add Bush's single visit to a military hospital: photographers were "banned", but a Bush photographer just happened to slip in and record Bush's momentary compassion for "history".  

        Scumbags all.

        "I cherished my hate like a badge of moral superiority." - Mark Rudd

        by Bob Love on Fri Oct 29, 2004 at 02:19:22 AM PDT

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