While reading an Associated Press report this morning about events that took place at the Bluegrass Ball Monday night, I found one important detail omitted from the report were as telling as the ones included. The missing detail in the piece by Laurie Kellman was the one that would have explained how and where former [...]
Key Fact Omitted From Associated Press Article About Muhammad Ali’s Salute to Barack Obama
January 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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Controversial Photo Pulled from Obama Web Site
September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
A controversial photo (right) that captured Barack Obama sitting alone in a room, barren except for a framed photo of champion boxer Muhammad Ali upon the wall behind him, has been pulled from the Democratic Party presidential nominee’s web site. In a post on this blog 11 months ago, I described the photo this way: [...]
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Controversial Barack Obama Photo Revisited
June 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Now that Barack Obama seems to have secured the Democratic Party presidential nomination, I decided it an appropriate time to revisit the message(s) delivered by a controversial photograph (below) published in a BMW post Oct. 16, 2007. I found the photo above as the eighth of 11 available for viewing at the Barack Obama web [...]
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UPDATE: Sarasota Veterans Day Activities
November 8th, 2007 · 7 Comments
Dear Readers, I received the comment below in response to a post, Florida School to Honor Conscientious Objectors!, I published this afternoon. *** Bob, It appears that either Rush got “hoaxed” twice this morning (as he feared on his program, if you were listening) or the Sarasota County School District did such a quick and [...]
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Florida School to Honor Conscientious Objectors!
November 8th, 2007 · 14 Comments
CRITICAL UPDATE: Read UPDATE: Pensacola Veterans Day Activities after reading the post below! A few minutes ago, I sent the e-mail message below to Principal Betsey Ashiem, principal of Bay Haven Elementary School, a charter school in Sarasota, Fla. Why? Because, according to the parent of a fourth-grade child at that school who called The [...]
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Photo on Obama Web Site Raises Questions
October 16th, 2007 · 44 Comments
A long-time political junkie and public relations practitioner, I spend time each day surfing the web sites of presidential candidates. Visiting the Barack Obama photo gallery today, I found the photo above as the eighth of 11 available for viewing.* On the surface, it seems innocent enough. The tired Democrat presidential candidate. Seated. Alone. Contemplating [...]
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