How Delicate Is Unity

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The question is, how does one account for the different visual treatment (and tonally different headlines) in the same story this morning between the print front page and the electronic NYT?

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The pragmatic answer, of course, is that different people are responsible for choosing the on-line and print images.

Pragmatics aside, however, there is no ignoring the contrast as it plays in the media sphere — especially as the article sets the table for tomorrow’s first Clinton – Obama post-campaign joint appearance. (I would specifically note the “undemocratic” combination formed by caption and photo in the print offering.)

So, how much is this happenstance vs. a commentary between play acting as opposed to underlying reality vs. a struggling print product just trying to stir it up a little?

(Note: The second image, in relatively equal size, also appeared in the print edition on page A16.)

(images: Todd Heisler/NYT)

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catfood

I assume there was more to the print photo than was used, which makes me wonder why it was cropped this way. Hillary appears to be a disembodied head, Yorick to Obama’s Hamlet.
Books Alive

Two thoughts: now that Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee, the Times seems to be running a story to stir up controversy each day.
The one I reacted to was on Obama’s support for and “links to” the ethanol industry. I sent in my letter to the editor complaining about an alarmist statement indicating that the corn crop was being diverted from food to fuel, completely skirting the matter of various corn types being grown. Ed Schultz used the column to fuss and fume about why Obama’s support for ethanol is a positive thing!
Today, a program on XM Radio’s POTUS 08 had a discussion about the number of times a candidate’s name is in a headline. Obama is running about 2-1 over McCain, just a nugget of news. And I must say that the photo with the red background shows Obama in a pose similar to the latest Rolling Stones cover.
Johanna

We’ve seen a number of pictures like the one in the Times, in which Hillary is in the presence of Obama but turning her back to him, and it is consistent with many reports that she was giving him the silent treatment. Isn’t anyone wondering why she needed the legal muscle of a high power lawyer at her meeting with Obama? This is like Don Corleone’s meeting with other dons. Groundbreaking behavior from a defeated candidate for the nomination.
jmac

It doesn’t matter whether she’s on board. It matters whether he can get her supporters. Lots of party loyalist are Just Saying No Deal. PUMA is strong and growing. The Democratic party made a huge mistake selecting a media-generated nominee and ignoring voters (think Texas, 100,000 strong).