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Is Newsweek anti-folks? Is NOT re-touching Sarah Palin’s face the same as slapping it? This will hopefully be the stupidest conversation you hear all day.

Thursday, October 9th, 2008 at 1:40 am

posted by Patrick Rapa

categories Sarah Palin v. Everyone, Web Junk

5 Responses to “Is Newsweek anti-folks? Is NOT re-touching Sarah Palin’s face the same as slapping it? This will hopefully be the stupidest conversation you hear all day.”

First of all, I LOVE Newsweek and have been reading it since gradeschool (literally). And I don’t love Fox News or Sarah Palin.

But I don’t think this conversation is stupid - my first thought upon seeing that cover was that it was a low blow. Not the cover line, but the photo.

There is no need to show someone’s imperfect skin and need for a wax.

That said - JOBAMA in 08!

by cb on October 9th, 2008 at 9:32 am

But if they DID retouch her, would she still be one of the folks? Regular folks don’t get retouching.

It’s clearly an editorial decision by Newsweek, but that doesn’t mean it’s indefensible.

WHY am I still thinking about this?

by G-Ho on October 9th, 2008 at 11:49 am

Jesus Christ. American University’s Andrea McMortified sez: “This cover is a clear slap in the face. … It highlights every imperfection that every human being has!”

OMG! A magazine showed a human being looking like … a human being?! This is an atrocity.

by carolyn huckabay on October 9th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

Used to be that people got bent out of shape when photojournalists doctored photographs.

Regan, you have anything to say about this?

by Brian Howard on October 10th, 2008 at 11:49 am

Its interesting that’s it become a controversy. It shouldn’t be at all.

What’s truly beautiful about large format portraiture, throughout the history of photography, is its ability to render minute detail in the human face.

On the September 1st cover of Newsweek is a portrait of Obama and Biden. It’s not as tight a crop as the Palin cover, but it shows their pores. It shows their blemishes.

Some mags that straddle the line between entertainment, fashion and news retouch covers to compete in the beauty industry. However, weekly mags like Time and Newsweek should NEVER be required to airbrush their covers. And to think its some sort of “slap” or editorial cheap shot is really quite stupid.

by Mike Regan on October 10th, 2008 at 3:15 pm