Julia Baird - Journalist. Cohost of The Drum, ABC. Columnist, SMH and New York Times.
Posted on 02/26/2016 12:38:40 PM PST by Citizen Zed
Two months later, we ran a cover story on Ms. Palin with the tag line "She's One of the Folks." The editor in charge of covers, Bruce Ramsay, said he wanted a more intimate portrait, so we used a closely cropped version of the earlier image.
A female staffer noticed that the crop revealed some untended lip and eyebrow hair, but Mr. Ramsay decided to go ahead with the image unaltered, for several reasons. The magazine had a policy of not retouching photos, and Mr. Ramsay wanted the strong eye contact in the image; in any case, the facial hair was barely noticeable.
Once it hit the newsstands, though, conservative commentators fumed, accusing Newsweek of trying to damage Ms. Palin. One Republican media consultant called the cover "mortifying," "a clear slap in the face." The image "highlights every imperfection," she said. "We're talking unwanted facial hair, pores, wrinkles."
A media business analyst decried it as an insult. "Here's your beauty queen," he wrote. Ms. Palin was "your 'hottest governor from the coldest state.' How do you like her now that you've seen her crows' feet, her clumpy mascara, her bloodshot eyes, her faint mustache, her cakey makeup, her gaping pores etc?"
In short, Newsweek was accused of sexism because we did not airbrush the photo. The truth was, we'd portrayed Ms. Palin just the way we did male candidates.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
When can we expect to see an honest photo of Hillary Newsweak?
Sounds like they highlighted, not left it alone
Hey Newsweek ... the photo was in 2008 ...eons ago. So, this is *now* news? To laugh.
http://www.britannica.com/media/full/1468279/119276
Just another liberal hit piece
Is that all they’ve got? With all the news out today, seriously, is that all they’ve got?
Be careful there. Hillary without makeup and showing wrinkles and cankles will cause mass hysteria and blindness. Hillary's a horrifying beast without photoshop.
Julia Baird - Journalist. Cohost of The Drum, ABC. Columnist, SMH and New York Times.
YOu see the photos of hildabeast and Moose?
no, and let’s keep it that way!
Clenched manjaw, uneven eye...I suggest jealousy.
Sarah's List is The Best on F.R.!
This is a NY Times Hit Piece, About a Newsweek Hit Piece from Months ago, about a Hit Piece Newsweek itself wrote back in 2008!
Squirrel was unavailable for comment?
Still hotter than Megyn Kelly!
You know, I don’t care too much for Palin’s antics these days, but this? Catty jealousy?
Why post this?
I mean does anyone care at all?
Good grief. Sarah is beautiful, and Trump had nothing to do with this article. The author is embarrassing herself with her attempts to both paint herself as an intellectual and to sabotage two great people for reasons of politics.
What a transparent harridan.
She just dont care what you think!
God Bless You Sarah!
You represent we Conservative Women.
eff you tina fey royally
Doesn’t faze me! I’ve always liked girls with nice smooth hair on their forearms, too.
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