Reuters Pictures of the Year

Reuters ^ | December 9, 2004 | Reuters

[West Coast Conservative]

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry kite surfs off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts July 20, 2004. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. Democratic Senator presidential candidate John Kerry peeks from behind the curtain as he is introduced to address a town hall meeting at the University of South Carolina in Columbia January 30, 2004. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Palestinians throw stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest of Israeli and Palestinians against the construction of Israel's controversial security barrier in the West Bank town of A-Ram June 26, 2004. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Iraq's deposed dictator Saddam Hussein appears before an Iraqi tribunal in Iraq July 1, 2004. He refused to recognize its authority and said the 'real criminal' was President Bush (news - web sites). REUTERS/Ho

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Spiritual leader and founder of the Islamic movement Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin listen to Imam at al Mojamah mosque during Friday prayer in Gaza January 9,2004. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. director Michael Moore (C) waves to the crowd as he holds the Palme d'Or for his documentary film 'Fahrenheit 9/11' as Jury President Quentin Tarantino (C Top) applauds with members of the jury during a special red carpet arrival at the 57th Cannes Film Festival, May 23, 2004. Seen on top row, from L-R: Kathleen Turner, Jerry Schatzberg, Emmanuelle Beart, Cannes Film Festival President Gilles Jacob, Tarantino, Edwidge Danticat, Benoit Poelvoorde, and Tilda Swinton. REUTERS/John Schults

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush negotiates his umbrella in the wind during a rainstorm after stepping off Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland, June 1, 2004. REUTERS/Larry Downing REUTERS

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - Standing at his desk in the Oval Office, President George W. Bush receives a phone call from Democratic nominee John Kerry, in which the Senator conceded defeat in the 2004 presidential election, November 3, 2004. Kerry's concession squashed prospects of a lengthy legal challenge and endless ballot counting in Ohio, where the election had been too close to call and delayed the final outcome for hours. EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/Eric Draper/The White House/Handout

[Rebelbase]

Its a good photo that needed a slight modification:

[retrokitten]

Aren't the pictures of the year supposed to be good?

[Conservomax]

Did you happen to see the pictures of the results of the attack - nothing pretty.

Let me put it this way - His head looked like Humpty Dumpty.

[EllaMinnow]

I like this one...

[Tijeras_Slim]

Yep, saw 'em.

[Fiddlstix]

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

I liked that one also. I think I counted six or seven pictures of the President: The umbrella one, the Oval office phone call, this one, two with other heads of state. Maybe one other. What a tribute by Reuters to our President! /sarcasm

On the other hand there were I believe 7 pictures of the President of Motion Picture Association, Jack Valenti. So they do like to show "Presidents".....

Sorry, Reuters, but you lose again. There are more "pictures of the year" in FR's Daily Dose than Reuters put in their selection here....but no surprise.

[Wolfstar]

Well, if the photos of John Kerry are intended as funny pictures of the year, I'd go for that. Of course, we here on FR could supply a boatload of funny Kerry pictures.

[eureka!]

Re#13 Yep. With a wailing mother holding a bloody child killed in a bombing run pulling up a close second...

[weegee]

I thought Wolfman Jack was dead!

[weegee]

Nope, No Bias There!

Media Schadenfreude and Media Shenanigans PING

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush negotiates his umbrella in the wind during a rainstorm after stepping off Marine One at Andrews Air Force Base, in Maryland, June 1, 2004. REUTERS/Larry Downing REUTERS

This juvenile tactic is familiar to anyone who has seen the movie Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. The media is still a pack of laughing jackals manufacturing "news".

Goebbels would be proud. So would Uncle Joe Stalin.

[Nosterrex]

And the press wonders why the MSM is only trusted by about 20 percent of the public according to Gallup?

[weegee]

Don't overlook this "Abu Ghraib" abuse image...

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Maybe some of Stalin's or Goebbels' descendents run Reuters. Nah - probably just an F.O.B.

[FreedomCalls]

That's just begging for a little photoshopping....

[weegee]

PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) is chased by a cicada as he walks up the steps to Air Force One outside of Washington at Andrews Air Force Base, May 25, 2004. The nation's capital was swamped with the once every seventeen-year appearance of the cicadas. REUTERS/Larry Downing

[time4good]

Reminds me of Marty Feldman as Igor in Young Frankenstein.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

We ought to have a FR favorite pictures of the year to counter Reuters biased llisting.

Here's one from this week - the President at Camp Pendleton:

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Now that picture is a stunner - .....sheesh.

[A knight without armor]

My first reaction to this was it is somebody wearing one of those pet medical collars so he doesn't lick himself.