Would you post this photo: an ethics discussion

The photo of McCain is awful. He looks like a zombie. The discussion about the picture includes the photographer's story of how he shot the photo and the subsequent editing process. The comments are fairly interesting too. This is an area of ethics that bloggers and citizen journalists need to think about, whether they anticipate it or not. You can see the photo by going to the reuters link.

clipped from blogs.reuters.com The third and final debate between the 2008 U.S. presidential nominees had just ended. Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama and Republican nominee Senator John McCain had just shaken hands moments before and turned away from each other, when Senator McCain suddenly lunged forward with his hands out in front of him and stuck out his tongue.

Value of "In Sickness and In Health" Not High On McCain's Personal List

The Daily Mail does a detailed series of interviews with McCain associates and friends about McCain's first wife, Cindy, who was injured in a car crash which changed her appearance, and seems to have led to their divorce. I was surprised to see that Nancy Regan was surprised by the divorce. If you can't stand by your spouse when the times are bad, will you treat the electorate any better?

Ross Perot, who paid her medical bills all those years ago, now believes that both Carol McCain and the American people have been taken in by a man who is unusually slick and cruel – even by the standards of modern politics.

‘McCain is the classic opportunist. He’s always reaching for attention and glory,’ he said.

‘After he came home, Carol walked with a limp. So he threw her over for a poster girl with big money from Arizona. And the rest is history.

Here is Carol as she looks today.

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