COULTER RIPS MAG PHOTO 'DISTORTION'

The Drudge Report ^ | April 18, 2005 | Matt Drudge

[MisterRepublican]

"Why can't they just photograph conservatives straight?!" blasted this week's TIME magazine covergirl Ann Coulter.

The bestselling author and controversialist slammed magazine editors for fronting a photo of her, she claims, which is so distorted "my own mother would not even recognize me!"

The photographer, Platon, appears to have used a wide "Fisheye" lense for the cover snap, stretching Coulter's legs and feet -- while shrinking the rest of her body.

[rabidralph]

How odd, that a photo editor wouldn't know that /sarc. off

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I don't see any problem with the photo.

It was not taken with a fish eye lens, it was taken from a low angle.

It shows her legs, which Ann is always showing too much of. Her face looks better than usual and she should thank God that it doesn't show her hands.

[Modernman]

They distorted the photo plus the very first words they use are "Fair and balanced she isn`t" as if to suggest she is a radical.

Umm... I doubt Coulter would describe herself as "fair and balanced" when it comes to her political views. And, by any standards, she is certainly radical.

[CDB]

Not unlike the Chinese Communist media, which has never published an unflattering photo of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung).

[F.J. Mitchell]

It's a liberal rats eye view of a Conservative. From their petty, spiteful, mouse level,no class point of view, all conservative probably look that way to them.

[Fester Chugabrew]

I think it's great to see a picture emphasize her butt kickin' shoes. She can start with the photographer.

[rabidralph]

Her unusually high forehead in the Time pic doesn't bother you? I think the picture is distorted. I don't mind that her legs look longer, what woman would complain about having longer legs, but they did something to her head to make it elongated, as well.

[uglybiker]

The photographer, Platon, appears to have used a wide "Fisheye" lense for the cover snap, stretching Coulter's legs and feet -- while shrinking the rest of her body.

Hillary says that about every photographer.

[tuffydoodle]

I think she looks fine. The picture shows off her lovely legs.

[cvq3842]

I didn't think it looked "bad" in the sense that they were trying to slam her for being a conservative. It just looked like a typical artsy-fartsy photo, which they could have done to anyone. IMHO.

I'll never forget the LIFE magazine cover after Nixon won in 1972. Awful!

http://www.life.com/Life/covers/1972/cv111772.html

[PMCarey]

I immediately thought how complimentary the Micheal Moore cover was from last year. They darkened out all of MM's flab - at least I think they darkened it out. If could be that MM was just eclipsing the sun.

[Richard Kimball]

For a celebrity, I've seen very few attractive photos of her. You can tell she's attractive, but the photos I've seen of her just aren't very good. The one you've posted is okay, but the turtleneck makes her long neck look odd, almost like an African neck ring. The Time photo is one of the better ones I've seen of her, but I could make her look better than any of the photos I've seen posted on the web.

[investigateworld]

Ann we love you for your brains and spirit!
(Now git back in back line for some more biscuits and gravy!)

[ken5050]

Oh, those loooooooooong legs...

[BullDog108]

Having never seen her in person, I can't compare the photos with the real deal.

BTW, I went to the Time website and read the article. It was OK, all things considered. Had some interesting stories about her in it. I don't think she angry with the article, just the cover.

[BullDog108]

Make that: I don't think she is angry with the article, just the cover.

[BullDog108]

Does anyone know if Time is one of the excerpts-only sites? If it is not, I can post the article. It is actually quite a good read, lots of interesting Ann trivia....

[Aquinasfan]

Don't let anyone with only one name photograph you for the public.

Words to live by. Also, don't let a one-named dude date your daughter.

[wideawake]

LOL! it's probably not your daughter he'd like to date.