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Going into this weekend, I had had a personal vendetta against Time for quite a while, ever since it ran a cover story about Ann Coulter (read about it here), but today I can call the past over, and I’m not angry anymore, Time, not after reading this visceral look at Baghdad.

It’s too long a narrative to excerpt, so I recommend you go over to it, print out a copy and read it over breakfast, after breakfast more like, as it’ll probably make you sick if you’re a Democrat and it ought to make you sick if you’re not.

It’s been a slow weekend for news, overall, but the biggest controversy of the weekend is one that should worry us all: a Reuters photographer photoshopped pictures and the news service ran them. I’m furious at the news, as Reuters and the AP are my two favorite services as I generally believe them bias-free and reliable. The man responsible has been suspended, but I suspect no real punishment to be forthcoming, as I believe this was probably sanctioned by the agency. This sort of “insubordination” would get you fired if it weren’t authorized, and since he hasn’t lost his job, I suspected Reuters is stalling so that people forget, casting dirt into everyone’s eyes with the suspension, and planning to wait out the storm.

Prove me wrong, Reuters. Without Photoshop, please.

This entry was posted on Sunday, August 6th, 2006 at 7:11 pm and is filed under Outside Retort (Current Affairs).