america adrift

Michael Shaw has a very important post about the US military censorship of photojournalists in Iraq. Michael (and co.) do an incredible job deconstructing and analyzing the most current images within their broader social and political contexts. But this post, which includes a stunning, provocative photograph, is about the broader social and political context. Robert Hariman has a complementary piece worth checking out here.

Also, some of you may be aware that Vanity Fair produced their own “satire” cover which parodies the now infamous New Yorker Obama cover. Btw, Vanity Fair, like the New Yorker is a Condé Nast publication.

See Michael’s take here.

And Historiann slams it out of the park with, Limp “satire” begets more limpness.