Bachmann sits out Newsweek photo debate
Sexist, biased or just a bad editorial decision?
Whatever it is, White House hopeful Michele Bachmann is not engaging in the debate (at least publicly) over the appropriateness of a Newsweek cover photo of her that has generated a lot of buzz.
The only woman in the crowded field of candidates vying for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Bachmann has remained focused on her mission, stomping in Iowa ahead of the state’s Republican Straw Poll on Saturday. (She announced more local endorsements on Tuesday.)
When the Minnesota Congresswoman and Tea Party star — whom even many of her opponents agree is photogenic — was asked about the controversial magazine cover on Monday, she simply said she had not seen it and moved on.
That might have been the end of the story for her, but Newsweek has been taking heat for the unflattering photo of a wide-eyed Bachmann with the caption “The Queen of Rage” on this week’s cover. The story inside is about Bachmann’s rise on the road to Iowa.
Critics cried “foul” and, from the opposite side of the ideological divide, the National Organization for Women came to Bachmann’s defense.
And The Christian Science Monitor asked: “Did Newsweek set out to make Michele Bachmann look like a loon? ” The CSM article included a photo gallery showing the candidate in a much nicer light.
Next round in Covergirl Palin photo flap…
The flap over Sarah Palin’s photo on the cover of Newsweek magazine is turning into a fray…
To use the words of TV detective Monk, “here’s what happened…”
Newsweek put Palin on the cover ahead of the release of her book “Going Rogue.”
Usually magazine covers before a big book launch are prized, but the former Republican vice presidential candidate didn’t quite see it that way.
Palin criticized Newsweek for using the photo of her in athletic gear which was taken for an interview with a running magazine, and wrote on her Facebook page: “The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now.”
Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham responded with a statement of his own on the magazine’s Web site: “We chose the most interesting image available to us to illustrate the theme of the cover, which is what we always try to do,” he said. “We apply the same test to photographs of any public figure, male or female: does the image convey what we are saying? That is a gender-neutral standard.”
Now Runner’s World has decided to join in and put an Editor’s Note on its Web site saying the Newsweek cover photo of Palin was shot exclusively for the August issue of the running magazine and those photos are “still under a one-year embargo.”
I used to be a fan of Palin and McCain…but I don’t understand why so many people hate her? If anyone deserves scorn and ridicule it is Levi Johnston. He got a girl pregnant and they were not even married. Now I know we live in a time where liberals are preaching free love and free sex to anything that moves…but you guys have to admit that Levi’s “sexual” contact with Bristol’s younger sister is sick…even for liberal standards. I’m a big fan of the Governor of California and Minnesota and South Carolina…Not really sure who will represent the Democrats after Obama bows out of the 2012 race….Will Bill or Hilary be interested? I hear that John Kerry wants another shot…after all his daughter Alexandra got busted for DUI. Not a Kerry fan, but I love any woman who has the guts to wear a sheer blouse on the red carpet.
Thank you Tina Brown…..for showing America the true “face” of Michelle Bachman. Behind it and at the top is supposed to be a brain, but their isn’t. Bachmann is a complete and total NITWIT. The photo is accurate.