Newsweek Cover

Reading The Pictures: It's Nice To See A Brown Girl Get Some Attention

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.25.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-11-24-newsweek_mobama.jpgI thought it was quite contradictory -- and a lost opportunity -- that Newsweek's cover was black-and-white ... and Michelle is so (bathed in) light.

Reading The Pictures: Newsweek -- Swallowing GOP Attack -- Positions Obama As Leftist

Michael Shaw | Posted 11.21.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

I take issue with the idea America is a center-right country when Bush initially sold himself as a centrist, failed to earn a clear mandate in '04, and then lost the last mid-term to the Democrats. More concerning are Newsweek's visual politics, however.

The Ridiculous Newsweek Cover Kerfuffle

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media


Okay so let me get this straight: Conservatives are up in arms because a photo wasn't retouched? Hm. Let's just state for the record that we're in cra...