The AP Uses Code Pink As A Photo Source

Sweetness & Light ^ | July 5, 2006 | N/A

[Sam Hill]

The DNC's Associated Press is now using that viciously America-hating groups Code Pink and the Iraq Veterans Against The War as sources for their news photographs:

In this photograph provided by Codepink/Iraq Veterans Against the War, a man identified as Iraq war veteran Geoffrey Millard, is lead away by U.S. Park Police police officers after being arrested for attempting to join the Independence Day parade Tuesday, July 4, 2006 in Washington. Millard had walked into the parade with a sign that read: Support the Troops, Bring Them Home Now. (AP photo/Codepink/Iraq Veterans Against the War, Julie Cunigilo)

In this photograph provided by Codepink/Iraq Veterans Against the War, Chloe Jon-Pau, a 71-year-old member of the group Codepink, is confronted by a U.S. Park Police police officer as she attempts to join the Independence Day parade Tuesday, July 4, 2006 in Washington. Jon-Pau and an Iraqi War veteran were arrested by police for attempting to disrupt the parade. (AP Photo/Codepink, Iraq Veterans Against the War)

By the way, the hero Geoffrey Millard once told the Village Voice:

“I signed up to be a civilian soldier. I signed up to help my community, and because I was and I am still a patriot,” Millard said. “But my First Ammendemt (sic) rights aren’t being trampled by Al Qaeda. Saddam Hussein never tapped my phone. Right now, the enemies of the constitution are domestic. As Malcolm X said, it’s time to stop sitting and start standing.”

That's right. Al Qaeda never trampled on anybody's rights.

Anyway, this is probably just a smart business decision on the part of the AP’s management. Why bother to send their own photographers to an event?

Just get the propaganda straight from the source, and cut out the middle men.

And lest we forget, this is Code Pink's usual fare:

This is one of the Code Pink crew mocking wounded US soldiers outside of the Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. The sign says "Maimed For A Lie"

Maybe the next time he'll get lucky and the Associated Press will pay him for his noble efforts.

[Sam Hill]

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[Sam Hill]

Our unbiased media at work.

[hsalaw]

The sign says "Maimed For A Lie"

I thought it said "Mimed for a Lie," and wasted a bunch of grey cells trying to figure that one out. Code Pink is disgusting, and I think 99.99999% of the American public knows it.

[Sam Hill]

"Code Pink is disgusting, and I think 99.99999% of the American public knows it."

The AP doesn't seem to.

[HAL9000]

With all due disrespect to AP and code pink, if the tagline attributed the photo to the correct source, this is not a big issue.

[hsalaw]

The AP is part of that 0.00001%.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Our unbiased media at work.

Junk journalism.

[Sam Hill]

"With all due disrespect to AP and code pink, if the tagline attributed the photo to the correct source, this is not a big issue."

You don't think there's anything wrong with a wire service paying an anti-America propaganda operation for their work?

And that they then present their photos as representing the news?

Okay...

BTW, do you have any quick of examples of the AP presenting photos from some group like the Minute Men or even the GOP -- and presenting them as news photos?

[redpoll]

The good news is that no one that I know trusts or believes what they read in the media. Even the liberals I know think its biased. Photos like these only reinforce the bias that already exists in the head of the viewer. The moment I saw the words "Code Pink" I knew what kind of crap would be served up. The Left just doesn't understand that they no longer command the crowds at the rallies in Nurnberg or the eager students at the Berkeley student union.

[HAL9000]

"You don't think there's anything wrong with a wire service paying an anti-America propaganda operation for their work?"

If AP paid code pink for the photos, that would definitely be a problem. What is the evidence of payment?

"BTW, do you have any quick of examples of the AP presenting photos from some group like the Minute Men or even the GOP -- and presenting them as news photos?"

Sorry, I don't have them handy. I'll speculate that AP has transmitted photos provided by the GOP (without payment) - probably during GOP national conventions.

The Minute Men should try to provide photos to AP too. If the AP rejects them as unnewsworthy, that would be an interesting topic for discussion.

Wire services commonly transmit photos from various sources, including the government, political parties and just about any other source you can imagine. Here is AP transmitting a photo provided by a book publisher.

It would be more compelling to show that a pattern of bias exists in AP third-party photo transmission, rather than to draw conclusions about a common practice from a couple of photos.

[Sam Hill]

Gee, I guess you're right.

Unless we see a pattern, there's nothing untoward about the AP using photos provided by a group like CodePink for news events.

What was I thinking?

[HAL9000]

If there is any evidence of payment, please let us know.

I did find several other "photo provided by" captions at Yahoo News.

[Sam Hill]

For those of you playing at home, this is a typical list of the AP using photos provided for them:

http://tinyurl.com/gmd7f

You'll see the National Zoo, Boeing, the White House, etc...

Code Pink sticks out like a sore (Americ-hating) thumb.

[Sam Hill]

"If there is any evidence of payment, please let us know."

I'll be sure to do that.

And thanks again for setting me straight.

The next time I see propaganda parading at news, I'll know where to come to have it explained away so authoritatively.

[kcvl]

Geoffrey Millard was an African-American studies major at the University at Buffalo when he was called to active duty in his National Guard unit.

[Sam Hill]

(AP photo/Codepink/Iraq Veterans Against the War, Julie Cunigilo)

Julie Cuniglio (sic) is actually a member of Cindy Sheehan's Gold Star Families For Peace.

Funny that the AP didn't mention that.

[Sam Hill]

"Geoffrey Millard was an African-American studies major at the University at Buffalo when he was called to active duty in his National Guard unit."

Reminds me of Woody Allen's Bananas:

"Why did l quit college? I could've been something today."

"What would you have been?"

"I don't know. I was in the Black Studies program. By now, I could've been black."

[kcvl]

Geoffrey Millard, had a different experience. He chose to go to Iraq even though he knew this was “an illegal and immoral war.” His ambition was to raise awareness to the public…if he survived the battles.

He started his presentation by showing his boots to everyone. He confessed he had spent 13 months in Iraq and during that time he had never worn another pair of shoes. “These boots have never been washed,” Said Millard. “There’s still mud on them. There’s still oil on them. There’s still blood on them. I was in Iraq in 2004-2005. This is an illegal and immoral war. We invaded a country that never attacked the US. It violates the UN charter. Why then did we go to war? Army regulation 525-13 states the definition of terrorism: There must be violence or the threat of violence and the motivation must be political, religious, or ideological. Let’s say Bush was right and we did it because of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) – a political reason. We didn’t find any. Why are we still there? The next obstacle was Saddam Hussein – another political reason. We found him; he’s on trial. Now the next reason for the war was fighting for democracy, which is ideological. But the elections in Iraq are a fraud. This is not a democracy. They are a fraud because we picked their candidates. You tell me: ‘But Jeff, a higher percentage of the population in Iraq voted than percentage in America.’ Yes, that’s right. But it’s still a fraud.”

Millard grew up in a poor area where the only people who were respected were pimps and drug dealers. This had an impact on his childhood and the way he perceived life. “So this is all I wanted: respect. I didn’t want to do drugs or join gangs. Instead I joined the army—the biggest gang in the world. Yes, that’s right. They have their signs and signals; they wear the same uniform. I was 17 when this happened. It was fun. I got my dick hard. I blowed shit up. I became an explosive expert. What they don’t tell you though is that they train you this to kill people. A single mine can cut a tank in half. We still have them in Korea, in Bosnia, in Iraq. Imagine what would happen to a child when he finds one. The media say we are rebuilding schools, instead of building them. We’re rebuilding them because we bombed them. We bombed schools with children inside. Yes, that’s right. You think we only bombed schools at night? We bombed hospitals with patients in them. I knew this war was illegal. I didn’t want to go, but I didn’t stand up for myself.” When the war started, Millard had three choices: go to Canada, go to prison and get locked up in solitary, or go to war. He chose the third one, hoping that one day, if he survived, he would come back and teach people about what is hidden behind the curtains.

[kcvl]

Media whores, Geoffrey Millard & Cindy Sheehan

Millard said that he turned against war in general while his New York state-based unit, which worked security at Ground Zero on Sept. 11, 2001, was active in Iraq while he felt his services were needed more during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast.

Iraq War veteran Sgt. Geoffrey Millard issues a challenge to all those with “Support Our Troops” magnets on their cars: Visit a VA hospital—Millard visits the one in Buffalo, N.Y., where he lives. “I go there all the time … see the conditions they are living in and how they are sleeping on a thin mattress on a piece of plywood, go watch them die of Gulf War Syndrome … and understand that our homeless problem in America consists largely of veterans, 33 percent according to the Department of Defense.”

The event is sponsored by Veterans for Peace Chapter 27, $5-$10 suggested donation.

[Sam Hill]

His exploits sound suspiciously like so many other bogus war vets like his fellow IVAW member, Jesse McBride;

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Or maybe Cindy Sheehan's "Marine":

Cindy’s Marine Is A Liar | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/marine-told-tales-for-fame