This site contains images and excerpts the use of which have not been pre-authorized. This material is made available for the purpose of analysis and critique, as well as to advance the understanding of political, media and cultural issues. The ‘fair use’ of such material is provided for under U.S. Copyright Law. In accordance with U.S. Code Title 17, Section 107, material on this site (along with credit links and attributions to original sources) is viewable for educational and intellectual purposes. If you are interested in using any copyrighted material from this site for any reason that goes beyond ‘fair use,’ you must first obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Bag’s Take-Away (on Dubya return to the White House for portrait unveiling):
Thought bubble: God, we survived! (See caption.)
via:
(photo: Reuters caption: Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush looks at the official program during the unveiling of the official White House portrait of his son, former U.S. President George W. Bush, in the East Room of the White House in Washington May 31, 2012.)
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
It’s not the piñata or the hitting of the piñata, it’s how much this AFL/CIO official is enjoying hitting the piñata of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley.
via Mediaite
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
Remember blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangchen? Romney used his departure from the U.S. embassy in Beijing to declare a day of shame for the United States because the U.S. was too busy planning the Clinton/Geithner talks to keep him safe? Here he is with his family in Central Park.
Looking pretty safe to me.
via Zimbio
(credit: PacificCoastNews.com caption: Chen Guangcheng, blind Chinese dissident, is seen enjoying a day at the park with his family in NYC. Chen, who is a self taught lawyer who is front and center in a diplomatic rift between China and the United States, seemed to be enjoying the sunlight - reportedly the first time his has sat in it for years. He was joined by his wife and children on the trip out in his wheelchair.)
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
Why is it we see so few unflattering photos of Obama? Is it because he’s “always on” or simply photogenic? I don’t know, but this rare unflattering photo of the President (in which the lighting also makes his skin tone seem to be darker than real life) is notable for its uniqueness.
(credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times caption: On his trip to New York City on Monday, Mr. Obama made stops at two fund-raisers, this one at the Rubin Museum of Art. His campaign took in $25.7 million in April, a drop of about $10 million from March, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday afternoon.)
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
Dinesh Souza has an anti-Obama film coming out in June. Here’s the trailer.
One of the most memorable shots? A black family fighting over a Monopoly board. On some levels, somewhat perplexing; on all other levels: racist. Because you know his re-election means blacks are going to rule the United States. Just like they have for the past three years.
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
Obama Zen.
via: Political Pictures of the Week, May 5-11 - TIME/Tara Godvin
(photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES caption: President Barack Obama pauses while speaking during a campaign event at the Value City Arena - Schottenstein Center on May 5, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio.
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
What?? Two breastfeeding covers in a row?
(photo: Marco Grob for TIME
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
Curious pic of Mitt with the angle and all. What makes it interesting (and newswire worthy)? You can imagine him a Cyborg.
via:
(photo: Mary Altaffer/AP caption: Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center, poses for a photo after speaking at a campaign stop, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
A little Chi-town foreplay before the NATO skirmish starts? I’m not sure the scene will be this pretty come the weekend (or how well this photo sets the table), but the mirror effect is seductive. The pinko outsiders vs. the tony insiders awash in the green? You drink yours, I’ll drink mine?
via :Chicago Trib photos
(photo: Antonio Perez, Chicago Tribune, May 15, 2012 caption: Nancy Mancias, of San Francisco, sports a pink dress with signage as she arrives with the group Coalition Against NATO/G8 War and Poverty, before a press conference outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel at McCormick Place.)
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Bag’s Take-Away:
Kitchen table issues at the kitchen table. It occurs to me that the Obama team is taking nothing for granted. Even if the image is cliché and hackneyed, the O team is there.
Credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo caption: President Barack Obama meets with Val and Paul Keller in their home, Friday, May 11, 2012, in Reno, Nev.
Visit BagNewsNotes: Today’s Media Images Analyzed
—————
Topping LIFE.com’s 2011 Best Photo Blogs — also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
