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.

Nothing Fake about the Critique Here

I don't get the "biggest depression since the notebook," but the rest of fake advice is a real on-target critique.

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Chicago bar scores hit with nude Sarah Palin portrait

People are flocking to snap pictures of the latest tribute to Sarah Palin, a nude portrait depicting her in red stilettos and her trademark eyeglasses, brandishing an automatic rifle in front of an Alaskan landscape. The painter, who used his daughter as the model, explains his creation.

This comes from Brad Flora and Windycitizen.com.
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Pew outdoes itself with a novel data widget about youth voting trends

I will be on Bruce DuMont's show, beyondthebeltway.org on Sunday, so I'm getting some talking points in order and I came across this very interesting presentation of graphical data on trends in youth voting