Explaining "News" to the AP

Dear AP:

When you have more photogs coving an event than you have people attending it:

IT AIN’T NEWS

Geeze they are so anxious to find something to make Bush look bad, they just make news up. Get over it!

BTW I moved the cap under the pic to make it fit our template. The original is here.

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So I couldn’t decide what to file it under… So shoot me. – Damn, now I have to add humor.

Jim Rose November 27, 2005

Did you see the pic Reuters ran? The emptiness was obscured by the America flag. Nice.
jmaster November 27, 2005

I kinda think that when its the poster child of the far left, and nobody shows up, then it actually IS news.

And good news at that.
ryan November 27, 2005

actually, that photograph makes bush look pretty good, IMO. things are looking pretty abysmal for the sheehan camp. that photo is quite telling, and devastating, for her whole schtick.
ryan November 27, 2005

but then that all depends on when the photo was taken, and how many people really did show up (if any at all). you get the point.
Bill Hicks November 27, 2005

Hey, I like your blog. Maybe we can exchange blog links. Mine is a humor blog at http://www.billsbitterpills.blogspot.com.

Let me know.
Cyndee November 28, 2005

Looks like a caption contest waiting to happen, doesn’t it?
Americanfirst November 28, 2005

But the number of protesters still outnumbered the number of supporters.
Paul November 28, 2005

Jim, can you link the Reuters photo????

>But the number of protesters still outnumbered the number of supporters.

Ahem- Can you count higher than zero?
Rodney Dill November 28, 2005

(Sounds of crickets chirping)
McGehee November 28, 2005

That picture reminds me of the pic taken of Al Sharpton, early in the 2004 presidential campaign circus, showing him speaking to a nearly empty room.

But at least Al had somebody to talk to other than the media.