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Nice picture selection, AOL

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Batman, Sep 25, 2008.

  1. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    So AOL.com has a story about an Obama effigy that was left hanging from a tree on the campus of a small college in Oregon. Pretty standard stuff -- except for the file photo of the college president that they ran with it:

    http://news.aol.com/article/obama-effigy-hung-from-college-tree/187003

    If this were a newspaper, somebody's ass would be on the unemployment line. Hopefully, AOL has similar standards.
     
  2. Wonderlic

    Wonderlic Member

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    Here's the photo for those who don't feel like clicking the link.

    It is pretty ridiculous.

    EDIT: Oh, and the cutline reads ... Robin Baker, president of George Fox University, described himself as "disheartened and outraged" by the effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 15, 2014
  3. pallister

    pallister Guest

    Maybe that's his "disheartened and outraged" face.
     
  4. CentralIllinoisan

    CentralIllinoisan Active Member

    Know what's amazing? The below mugshot is found in an easy google search ... expressly there for use by the media.

    http://www.georgefox.edu/offices/communications/public_info/journalists/Baker_Robin.jpg
     
  5. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Too old to pull off the pornstache look.
     
  6. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

    Kinda looks like Viper.
     
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