tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458161926216714198.post7224907125194735999..comments2023-10-17T05:18:36.318-07:00Comments on <i>Watchdogs and Lapdogs</i>: The Message is in the Eye of the Beholder, er, Photo Editor.M. Deryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09642995185292648416noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458161926216714198.post-20551468048581781432008-10-16T11:06:00.000-07:002008-10-16T11:06:00.000-07:00Why was the post removed? Inquiring minds want to ...Why was the post removed? Inquiring minds want to know. If you're going to expunge a post, best to say why, I think; otherwise, reader raises a skeptical eyebrow. Fascinating analysis of visual, rather than literal meaning. But you never tell us exactly what subtext the Times's choice of photos implies. That Obama is an intellectual (as you argue his newspaper implies) and that McCain has one foot in the grave? How, semiotically, does a tissue imply that McCain is about to shuffle off this mortal coil? More random, hit-and-run thoughts: wry use of ironic link ("like superheroes off to free Washington from the 'grips of chaos.'). Your close reading of the backdrops for each candidate, and of the conceptual clash between the images and the headline, is really intriguing. But your assertion that that the Times's bias is incontrovertible---that the candidates are "not equal"---isn't adequately evidenced, I think, but what is a compelling but ultimately not totally convincing exercise in semiotic analysis. Nonetheless, a great read.M. Deryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09642995185292648416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458161926216714198.post-66950727361189760972008-10-02T15:16:00.000-07:002008-10-02T15:16:00.000-07:00I mean you *don't* say how they're different.I mean you *don't* say how they're different.Will Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602760477566033485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458161926216714198.post-36649892608383836582008-10-02T15:14:00.001-07:002008-10-02T15:14:00.001-07:00I think both Obama and McCain squandered a real op...I think both Obama and McCain squandered a real opportunity to show some leadership during this bailout negotiation. At the debate, they agreed on the need for a bailout and both agreed that "Main street" needed to be taken care of. They also both kept a low profile during the deliberations. You say they're not "the same" like the photo suggests, but you say how they're different. The fringe members of both parties have very different ideas about this bailout and I found their reaction underwhelmingly centrist. They're going with the flow, not leading.Will Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602760477566033485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458161926216714198.post-71147183975471554212008-10-02T15:14:00.000-07:002008-10-02T15:14:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Will Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602760477566033485noreply@blogger.com