[Leica] access and viewpoint (was charlotte observer)

[bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)]

Not to stir this pot...But you're watching the wrong channel and probably
reading the wrong papers, because almost all the emphasis has been on the
mess in Lebanon and the deaths of innocent civilians there...with
correspondents on the scene....I really think it depends upon when you
watch...Plenty of coverage from Beirut...and how about that page one NY
Times photo of the man waving something in front of the wreckage of a bombed
house in Lebanon - amazing photo....




On 7/31/06 11:05 PM, "Kyle Cassidy" <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:

>> I am far more concerned with straight photography lying than changing the
>> color of the sky.  We all know that access and viewpoint can make a lot of
>> difference in the story you tell if the editors will let you tell the 
>> story
>> you want.  Reference the NYTimes stories coming out of the Soviet Union in
>> the 20's and 30's saying all was well in the Ukraine when hundreds of
>> thousands were starving to death.
>  
> i noticed wolf blitzer on CNN yesterday in jerusalem, reporting on the war.
> looking very much like a tourist in his unbuttoned yellow checked short 
> sleeve
> shirt, he was standing in a bomb shelter with some isralie solders asking
> pointed questions like "was that a rocket we just heard? how many times 
> have
> you heard rockets? do you feel safe?"
>  
> i may be watching the wrong news channels, but i haven't seen anybody 
> huddled
> under a desk in beruit reporting on the war.
>  
> just by picking the place in which to stand mr. blitzer has made an 
> editorial
> decision -- either about the degree of risk he's willing to accept, or the 
> POV
> from which the war will be framed by his reportage. sadly, i think this is
> much more detrimental to journalism than changing the color of the sky.
>  
>  
> 
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