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Newsweek is responding to criticism over its October 13 cover, featuring a close-up shot of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, with a statement defending the photo choice.
The statement reads as follows: “Nigel Parry’s compelling portrait of Gov. Sarah Palin was shot and cropped so we could see clearly into her eye and be engaged by her smile. Gov. Palin and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) were photographed exclusively for Newsweek on August 29 and the portrait used on this weeks’ cover is from that session. As a news magazine, it is not our policy to cosmetically retouch the photography we publish; accordingly, we have not retouched the cover photos of Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. McCain.”
Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly said this week: “When they put you up close and personal on a magazine, even the most gorgeous supermodels in the world, they retouch you to get rid of the normal flaws that human being have. That’s what they do in the magazine business. [Newsweek] didn’t do it for Gov. Palin.”
What's the problem?
The Foxes are in the henhouse again...Fox News' Megyn Kelly and Republican media consultant Andrea Tantaros want to alter [your] Reality!
The Ridiculous Newsweek Cover Kerfuffle
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 crazyland at the outset.
Oh ya, here's the article from Newsweek:
The Palin Problem
Yes, she won the debate by not imploding. But governing requires knowledge, and mindless populism is just that—mindless.
Jon Meacham
NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Oct 13, 2008
