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Political Shops

“Sir” Wong is Sir Wrong…

July 9, 2010

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Publicity chief for the Democratic Action Party in Malaysia, Jeffrey Wong Su En, thought it was a good idea to send out a press release (along with the above photo) stating he had been Knighted. It seems titles are all the rage in Malaysia these days, and short of [...]

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Obama v BP and Economist v NYT…

July 8, 2010

Above Left: Cover of The Economist; Right: Original, unedited Reuters photo.
The Economist is under fire by the New York Times for editing a photo for their recent cover. To their credit, The Economist fully admitted to editing the photo and here’s what they had to say about it…
I was editing the paper the week we [...]

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David Cameron – Airbrushed for change

March 22, 2010

Above: A spoof of  David Cameron’s campaign billboard from mydavidcameron.com.
I briefly mentioned British politician David Cameron in a previous post about British Politician Caroline Dinenage’s billboard Photoshoppery. It seems Cameron was also accused of airbrushing himself to look younger for his political billboard, and those cheeky Brits have taken to the internet to voice their [...]

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British Politician Photoshopped to appear “more attractive”

March 17, 2010

Above: British Politician Caroline Dinenage had her teeth whitened, wrinkles airbrushed and face widened for a recent billboard. On the left is a previously released version of her publicity photo, and on the right is the Shopped version that ran on the billboard.
From the Daily Mail…
Following the controversy over apparently airbrushed posters of ‘baby-faced’ [...]

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Spy magazine – covering the covers

March 3, 2010

Above: Two of Spy magazine’s infamous “spoof” covers – Hillary Clinton as a dominatrix (from 1993) and George Bush Sr. with “cutout hair” (from 1989).
Spy magazine was a publication known for the manipulated images which often graced the covers, and the satirical wit which always occupied the inside pages. Spy ran monthly from October 1986 [...]

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