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: [...]
Controversial Photo Pulled from Obama Web Site
September 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
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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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Press Turns Blind Eye to Obama Web Site Photo
February 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments
While Monday marks the 44th anniversary of the first heavyweight boxing match between Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay), it’s a photo from their May 25, 1965, rematch that has generated a great deal of interest on this blog and should have — but, unfortunately, has not — generated at least [...]
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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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