BagNewsNotes/Quick Pics

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April 2013

2 posts

War and Terror: What Shocks Me Most About the...

What takes me aback are how graphic the news photos are (#8 especially) as compared to the almost total visual censorship of American war casualties over the past twelve years. After the battle over Julie Jacobson’s AP image of a wounded U.S. soldier from afar in Iraq, and the censorship detailed by NYT war photographer Michael Kamber in our POY-winning audio slideshow in 2011, what was just...

February 2013

3 posts

January 2013

2 posts

Vine video taken from news wire photos of Ct legislative hearing on gun laws. (Photos: Jessica Hill/AP)

November 2012

16 posts

Bag’s Take-Away: Well, it was hardly avoidable, especially as TV zoomed in closer on the pair. In the background of the Obama - Romney White House pic, the boxing gloves stand out at the not-so-vanishing point like an alarm. It wouldn’t have anything to do with Obama coming out swinging after Nov 7, would it? On the table, by the way, is the white turkey chili that was on the menu....

September 2012

11 posts

August 2012

21 posts