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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:10 AM
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Dean not pictured well in Grand Rapids
Maybe because it's in a GOP town, but the local TV station could really use a better picture of Dean--posted due to his appearance in GR with Pat Buchanan.

Picture at Light Up the Darkness, along with some of my older pictures of John and Teresa Kerry in Grand Rapids:

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=462
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:14 AM
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1. So why did you display it on your website?
GOP leaning papers use the worst pictures they can find. So if you are a Kerry supporter, why would you want to put such a bad picture of Dean on your site? Why not just ignore it?
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:16 AM
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2. Displayed to demonstrate the point
It's one thing to say that GOP media uses bad pictures. It's another thing to have examples to prove it. Nobody coming to a Democratic site is going to have their opinion changed negatively about Dean because we provided this example.
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:18 AM
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3. There's also interest in seeing this
As expected, DU members are also interested to see this. In the short time since I posted this, we've already had 26 hits coming from this post.
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:21 AM
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4. That is wonderful. Good way to get hits for your site.
Clever.
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:36 AM
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9. It's working to get hits
We now have over 50 hits from this post. Of course I hope that some look around the entire blog, and not just this post, and come back.
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UdoKier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 12:11 PM
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11. I'm glad he did. Really makes the point.
Edited on Fri Mar-04-05 12:15 PM by UdoKier
Of what shameless propagandists they are. Of all the thousands of smiling Dean photos, they make a point of publishing a rare shouting one. PIGS!


I sent them an e-mail to complain about their blatant partisanship in using that OLD photo.
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 02:57 PM
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12. New picture on their site
They now have a picture on their web site of Dean taken today at the event, rather than using the "angry Dean" file picture.

Maybe they paid attention to your email.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 06:28 PM
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18. Actually, this illustrates the point of how the media TARGETS Dems, mf.
You can easily tell the politics of a paper by the photos they choose to print in the paper.

Mr. blm works in a newsroom and he said they are SUPPOSED to use the best shot available of the subject as a rule of thumb. The fact that this paper obviously did NOT do this really magnifies the bias of the paper and its editors.

This is all part of the problem we all need to address AS Democrats...the media has GOT to be exposed for the rightwing bias. This battle is ALL of ours and we are expecting Dean will lead the way on it.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:24 AM
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5. Dean is like anyone else. He can take a good picture or a bad picture.
Why bother pointing it out? The media is famous for trying to make this good-looking man less attractive.

F*ck 'em.
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:30 AM
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6. It's more than a good vs. bad picture
It's a picture of the "angry Dean." They're still trying to portray him that way.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:32 AM
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7. gee it`s beat up on dr ron day...
oh well..nice site dr r and i didn`t know there were actually doctors that were democrats..
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:35 AM
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8. We had an entire Doctors for Kerry group
It later merged with Nurses for Kerry:

http://www.doctorsandnursesforkerry.org/
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 12:02 PM
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10. Also picture of Dean there
There is a better picture of Dean on the Doctors and Nurses for Kerry site, along with a statement from Dean supporting Kerry's health care proposals.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 04:16 PM
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13. rotfl
"i didn`t know there were actually doctors that were democrats"

Oh could I smack him around with that, but I won't. :)

When I first saw this picture of Howard, I wondered what in the world he was thinking by posting it. But when I realized he was showing how the local media was portraying Howard, I was glad. We need to hold the media to account for this stuff, no matter where they are.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 04:46 PM
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14. That really is an unfair picture
Is there an e-mail for the station that used the picture? Maybe we should be flooding them with letters saying that it is unfair and that it creates a bias.
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:31 PM
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15. Click on picture
Clicking on the picture will go to the tv station.

The web site has replaced their file picture with a picture from today's event. It will be interesting to see which picture they pull up should they do a future story on Dean.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:47 PM
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16. So was today the debate with Buchanan?
I'll check CSpan LOL
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 05:50 PM
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17. Yes, they debated
They debated in Grand Rapids this morning, which is where this picture came from. They also debated outside of Detroit last night. I assume they are going to multiple cities if they ahve been iln two cities in the area.
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