Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank goodness USA Today's editors need never be tempted to make such elitist assumptions :-) Seth Rosner wrote: > And there are at least two problems with the response of the Times > editors: that NY Times readers will recognize the difference. > > 1) it makes quite elitist assumptions about the paper's readers and > 2) it omits to consider how people with a different ideological point > of view from that attributed to Times readers will point to the > misleading inferences as attempts to mislead deliberately Times > readers into believing that these were real photographs of real torture. > > Seth > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 2:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] NYT Public Editor on Press Photography > > >> Thank you for bringing this essay to my attention. I'm glad someone is >> grappling with these issues and unhappy that the New York Times >> Magazine succumbed to the lure. >> >> Adam Bridge >> >> >> On 7/2/05, Afterswift@aol.com <Afterswift@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear Colleagues, >>> >>> I know very few on this list will read this post because of the holiday >>> weekend, but I think the following is on the nose article by the >>> Public Editor of >>> the NYT, Byron Calame. >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/opinion/03publiceditor.html?hp=&pagewanted=p >>> rint >>> >>> Best, >>> bob rosen >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information