On the media

[telkanuru]

Check this picture. Note the deific pose of the soldier, the sun and clouds behind him, the Iraqis on lower ground, shielding their eyes. Propaganda, anyone? Guess where it came from.

[prototoast]

Uh... somewhere other than iraq?

[Maeve_Mari]

Check this picture. Note the deific pose of the soldier, the sun and clouds behind him, the Iraqis on lower ground, shielding their eyes. Propaganda, anyone? Guess where it came from.

I'd wager a guess that it came from Ground Zero after the 9-11 attack?

[telkanuru]

No, no, I ment the place that published it. Notice the title of the thread.

[Agent_V]

No, no, I ment the place that published it. Notice the title of the thread.

NYTimes - today I believe

[prototoast]

No, no, I ment the place that published it. Notice the title of the thread.

Just say what you want to say already... enough of this pointless guessing!

[telkanuru]

You read it Ah, well, the full page does it justice. As for what I'm trying to say, I am simply holding up an instance of bias in the media. I find it interestingly subtle, no? It is interesting that it is an image of the god/american standing in a colonistic pose, which I would view as a very right-wing thing, but in the NY Times, a paper many have (erroniously) labled "liberal". Contrast it with this one from the Boston Globe last year, for instance

[Army Fencer]

Check this picture. Note the deific pose of the soldier, the sun and clouds behind him, the Iraqis on lower ground, shielding their eyes. Propaganda, anyone? Guess where it came from.

Not to be juvenile, but are those middle fingers that the Iraqis are holding up to the soldier?

Also, could you link us to the text in question?

[Army Fencer]

It is interesting that it is an image of the god/american standing in a colonistic pose, which I would view as a very right-wing thing, but in the NY Times, a paper many have (erroniously) labled "liberal". Contrast it with this one from the Boston Globe last year, for instance

A) Though your perception is noted, I think you're grasping a little far.

B) I hate to say this, but the editors at the NYTimes are fairly liberal. If you don't think that translates to what get published and where it gets published, you're wrong.

[Philistine]

Check this picture. Note the deific pose of the soldier, the sun and clouds behind him, the Iraqis on lower ground, shielding their eyes. Propaganda, anyone? Guess where it came from.

Actually--the "clouds" in the picture look like smoke to me. From something burning on the ground.

Coupled with (as near as I can tell from nytime.com) the title being "Catastrophic Success"--I'm not sure I think its propaganda value is slanted the way you seem to suggest.

--Philistine

[Inquartata]

"Erroneously". Heh. Good one!