Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:31 PM 4/5/99 -0200, you wrote: > Man sues NY Times magazines. A "stock" photo of a black man walking >down a crowed street was used on the cover to illustrate a "negative" story New York Times Sunday Magazine had a story about, I seem to remember, poor black people. They found a stock photo of a black man standing in a crowd on a street. He was actually a pretty wealthy person. He didn't like being portrayed as poor, so he sued. The magazine lost because it portrayed him in a false light. Which goes to show how people who make simplistic choices set themselves up for a penalty. They wanted a picture of a black man as a symbol, and when that symbolism was not accurate, they paid the consequences. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.