New York Times Airbrushes Recession?

by Glynnis MacNicol | 3:01 pm, July 8th, 2009

picture-4 The New York Times has pulled down a photo slide show from its website after some zealous bloggers over at Metafilter lobbed charges of Photoshopping at the paper.

The photographer says nothing was done to the pics, which apparently captured abandoned real estate projects. Though in the age of the air-brushed cover, where Photoshop is available to all and sundry, what constitutes as altering is questionable. Did he Photoshop people back into the houses? An extra missile into the sky, perhaps, to make the housing crisis look more threatening? No idea, the pics are down. And as we said, the photographer says he didn’t do anything. Regardless, it’s reassuring to see the NYT taking these things so seriously — journalism isn’t dead yet! And even if it was we’d have the sharp-eyed folks at Metafilter to pick up the slack.

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“I’m With Coco Artist” Hits Jackpot, Sort Of

by Drew Grant | 3:57 pm, Saturday

The Conan O'Brien effect is vast: Ever since the late night host began his fight with Jay Leno for NBC's coveted time-slot, the "I'm With Coco" campaign has taken over Facebook, Twitter, and every other social-networking platform you can think of. O'Brien's own Twitter account made waves went it first went up, and then again last week when he followed his first fan - Sara Killen - who then became a micro-celebrity herself. Now the man behind "I'm With Coco" image has stepped out from behind his Banksy-esque silence to talk about his new-found success as the official designer for Conan's tour posters.

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Obama Speaks At George Mason University: “The Time For Health Reform Is Now”

by Drew Grant | 11:23 am, Saturday

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Yesterday President Barack Obama was met with thunderous applause at George Mason University, where he delivered a rousing speech about this weekend's "historic event" in health care. We honestly haven't seen Obama in such top form since he was campaigning, and it was nothing short of inspiring. Almost makes you think the health care issue really will be solved in the next 48 hours! Watch the full video and an excerpt of the transcript below.

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