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StinkyJournalism Media Picks
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Newsweek Takes Liberty with Photo-cropping
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| by Katie Rolnick, Stinkyjournalism.org |
September 23, 2009 03:01 am EST
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| In the September 14, 2009 issue of Newsweek, readers saw a dramatically altered version of an image taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly. The published, Newsweek version (on right) cropped out former Vice President Dick Cheney's family, focusing instead on Cheney wielding a knife at a cutting board. Kennerly wrote an essay expressing his displeasure with the Newsweek editors who cropped the image to convey a menacing meaning not communicated in the unedited, original photo. (Photo credit: David Hume Kennerly) |
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On September 17, 2009, the New York Times photography, video, and visual journalism blog, Lens, published an essay by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly. In the essay, Kennerly takes issue with the way his photograph was cropped for an article in the September 14, 2009 issue of Newsweek. He felt the editing was so extreme as to distort the meaning and context of the image.
The cropped photo features former Vice President Dick... Go to full story
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Newsweek's Crazy Oprah Report has Axe to Grind
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
July 19, 2009 12:21 pm EST
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| The headline in Newsweek's June 8th cover story about Oprah Winfrey, says "CRAZY TALK" in the biggest font imaginable. The photo above has a different meaning for a story about busy women executives than one where the text claims the programs are "wacky." |
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A crazed-looking Oprah Winfrey appeared on the cover of Newsweek magazine's June 8 issue. The headline in the print version was "Crazy Talk: Oprah, Wacky Cures & You."
The headline of the online version still taunts with hysterical exclamation marks : "Live Your Best Life Ever! Wish Away Cancer! Get A Lunchtime Face-Lift! Eradicate Autism! Turn Back The Clock! Thin Your Thighs! Cure Menopause! Harness Positive Energy! Erase...Go to full story
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