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08.28.2009 12:58 pm

Microsoft ad flap evokes long history of doctored photos

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Microsoft apologized this week for digitally altering a photo on its web site to replace a black man with a white man.

An item on CNET News explains:

In a photo on the company’s U.S. Web site, three businesspeople — one black, one white…

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08.21.2009 11:19 am

Is this the right time for Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Is there ever a good time for a president to vacation? The press is reporting there’s no shortage of opinions about President Barack Obama’s vacation next week in Martha’s Vineyard.

Some question the timing. Reuters’ Patricia Zengerle writes:

Some critics have questioned…

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01.22.2009 12:50 pm

Photos spur dispute over White House’s openness

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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In a bit of irony, the lead headline in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch — “Obama wastes no time, sets tone of openness” — ran over a 4-column photograph protested by some news organizations because the White House supplied…

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