There is wisdom in this post.

Yeah, that's because Robbo wrote it!

Huh, I thought those really were her horns.
Was it Newsweek which got in trouble one time for darkening a photo of O.J.?

And yet Oliver Willis seems to thinks that Coulter's appearance on Time's cover is evidence than the MSM is actually conservative.

I meant 'evidence that the MSM...' -

Ira: you hit the nail on the head. Willis seems to think, but he never actually thinks.

Excuse me, but considering that Hillary Clinton is paper-bag, run-screaming-into-the-night fugly I have to think that Time went out of it's way to try to make her MORE attractive than she could ever hope to be. Which, she still looks hideous but it could have been much worse. It could have been (urk!) candid and unretouched.

Bill from INDC Journal had this to say. I think it's very wise:

"The cover does evoke a feeling that there's something vaguely wicked, smug and powerful about Coulter. Which, when you stop and think about it ... is accurate. It's, um, part of her shtick? Should they have posed her with teddy bears? Perhaps a sexy glamour shot?"

It's not like they were doing a photoshoot of Mother Theresa. The goal of any good photographer is to capture the essence of a person -- their personality.

Now the Convervatives are pushing their liberal media bias theory into the realm of photography? Lately, Conservatives don't sound like the pre-election fighters I once knew -- instead they sound like a bunch of victims. It's very strange.

Why would anyone have to prove the utterly obvious? I.E. that a media outlet, in this case Time, is slanted to the left? It's not easy to miss something like that, I mean you'd have to really stay away from books and print for that to pass you by. Either that or you'd have to be just slightly to the left of Stalin. In either case not wise ideas.

I guess it's "crybaby" when conservatives (which I am not, by the way, I'm very much libertarian) note what's been done to them, but it's not crybaby when the left screams bloody murder when something, real or imagined, is done to them.

I hate hypocrisy. Being from outside both parties, I can sure spot it when I see it too. (For example conservatives are hypocrites regarding the Terri Schiavo case.)

Meh, whatever. I'd rather read conservative pundits than leftists any day.

"Why would anyone have to prove the utterly obvious? I.E. that a media outlet, in this case Time, is slanted to the left?"

SevenUp: So, it's utterly obvious that media outlets are slanted to the left? Huh? How do you account for the most popular news media outlet, Fox News? What about one of the most popular radio shows, Rush? What exactly are you talking about? Where on TV or radio is the left represented with the degree of coverage that these two shows have?

"I guess it's "crybaby" when conservatives note what's been done to them, but it's not crybaby when the left screams bloody murder when something, real or imagined, is done to them."

Conservatives invented the name calling game. If they are so tough, then they need to quit acting like spousal abuse victims. Oh, that picture makes me look so bad. Oh, those leftie photographers make me look ugly. Who cares about Ann Coulter's photo anyway? Choose a topic that is more relevant and meaningful to the world, and quit complaining about things that mean absolutely nothing.

Oh, and I forgot one of the most unbelievable cases of conservative martyrdom -- Tom Delay trying to make it seem like the left is crucifying him for no reason. He doesn't even need the left to tarnish his image -- he does just fine himself.