March 16, 2007 – 12:22 am
by Bob Boynton
Aljazeera [Arabic] did it again. They gave us photos of the president and the prime minister of Palestine on back to back days.
I wrote about the photos on March 5 and 6 because I was interested in the way the background figured in the ‘texture’ of the photographs. Now they have done it [...]
by Bob Boynton
This is it — number 50.
When I started I did not know how far it would go. It has gotten to 50. This is the 50th blog entry at Globalizing News.
It has been going for 15 weeks. That is an average of 3.3 entries per week. Since I was on holiday at Christmas [...]
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February 20, 2007 – 1:36 am
by Bob Boynton
There are times when the photographs do most of the work — see
But there are times when the work is in the headlines. Here is a photograph from Aljazeera English.
They met. They photo-oped. Negotiations must be going well. At least that is the implication of the smiles and handclasps. The headline is
“No [...]
February 15, 2007 – 2:12 am
by Bob Boynton
Al-Zawahiri was back just in time for valentine day [February 14].
This time it was an audio tape so they had to use a photo they already had on hand. Apparently photos of al-Zawahiri are in short supply since this is the same photo they used only a few days earlier. See When Al-Zawahiri [...]
January 16, 2007 – 1:05 pm
by Bob Boynton
Rice makes bid for Mid-East peace
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to meet soon for a three-way summit.
US officials said the summit, announced after Ms Rice met the Israeli leader, would take place within four weeks.
The good news is there will be [...]
December 15, 2006 – 4:36 pm
by Bob Boynton
Aljazeera [English] reported, on December 15, 2006, that the Israeli high court has approved ‘targeted killing’ as long as they are terrorist leaders who you cannot easily capture and bring to trial.
The three-judge panel ruled unanimously on Thursday that “it cannot be determined in advance that every targeted killing is prohibited according to [...]
