8/29/2006

Mysterious Cord on New York Times Photo

The New York Times has an odd photo on their Web site. The photo is of a woman in shorts standing in front of a group of military men. The odd thing about the photo is there is a portion of a microphone cord on the stage; however, the cord seems to mysteriously end a foot above the stage.

If you trace the expected path of the missing microphone cord, you can see some odd blurring. Some of the soldiers’ faces are smeared, and there is a strange, thin smudge running up the back wall of the room. The image oddities are all in the area where the rest of the microphone cord would be.

Has this photograph, taken by Jim Wilson, been doctored to remove the cord? If so, why?

Without the cord, it looks like a bunch or soldiers are ogling a sexy dancer. With the cord, it would appear that the soldiers are watching a singer or speaker. What’s going on here?

Click here to see the peculiar New York Times photo.

2/10/2006

Muhammad Cartoon on a T-Shirt

The infamous Muhammad cartoon is now on a T-shirt. MetroSpy is selling the T-shirts on their Web site (www.shopmetrospy.com). Due to heavy traffic on Friday, visitors to the site were asked to bookmark the address and return later to purchase their T-shirts.

2/09/2006

Muhammad Cartoon Causes Muslim Uproar

The now infamous Kurt Westergaard cartoon of Muhammad wearing a bomb-like turban has led to rioting, violence, and destruction in multiple countries. What do you think about the Muhammad cartoon? Do you find it offensive?


1/03/2006

Relevancy of Evening News

Is the evening news still relevant given the easy access to news that technology provides? Please post your opinion here.

1/02/2006

Media Bias Examples

If you have witnessed an example of media bias, please post the details here.

1/01/2006

Dan Rather's Legacy

What is your opinion of Dan Rather? What do you think will be his legacy?