http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2009/11/17/palin-cover-encourages-conservative-whining/ Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Wed, 23 May 2012 06:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2009/11/17/palin-cover-encourages-conservative-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-227246 Eclectic Radical Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:05:54 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11119#comment-227246 Palin approved the photo when it was taken for an interview in <em>Runner's World</em> when she was still a candidate for Vice-President. The content of the interview was primarily non-political, it was a discussion of her interest in physical fitness and her own running/jogging. The intent was political of course, she was pandering shamefully to the magazine's readership in her eagerness to prove she was 'one of them.'   <em>Newsweek</em> re-used the photo, and under current laws of fair use they wouldn't need Palin's permission. Just that of the publisher of the magazine in which it originally appeared and <strong>possibly</strong> (depending on the creative rights policy of<em> Runner's World</em>) the original photographer. If <em>Runner's World</em> claims to own everything produced for publication, they wouldn't even need the photographer's permission.   Brody (and Palin herself) are making the argument that the use of the photo out of context from its original purpose is sexist. They contend the usage on the front cover of <em>Newsweek</em> in connection to a political story unjustly represents her as a pandering bimbo... and further contend such unjust representation is sexist.   At the risk of sounding sexist myself, she really doesn't need media third parties to represent her as just that. She does a very good job all on her own without help.   Palin approved the photo when it was taken for an interview in Runner’s World when she was still a candidate for Vice-President. The content of the interview was primarily non-political, it was a discussion of her interest in physical fitness and her own running/jogging. The intent was political of course, she was pandering shamefully to the magazine’s readership in her eagerness to prove she was ‘one of them.’
 
Newsweek re-used the photo, and under current laws of fair use they wouldn’t need Palin’s permission. Just that of the publisher of the magazine in which it originally appeared and possibly (depending on the creative rights policy of Runner’s World) the original photographer. If Runner’s World claims to own everything produced for publication, they wouldn’t even need the photographer’s permission.
 
Brody (and Palin herself) are making the argument that the use of the photo out of context from its original purpose is sexist. They contend the usage on the front cover of Newsweek in connection to a political story unjustly represents her as a pandering bimbo… and further contend such unjust representation is sexist.
 
At the risk of sounding sexist myself, she really doesn’t need media third parties to represent her as just that. She does a very good job all on her own without help.
 

]]> http://liberalvaluesblog.com/2009/11/17/palin-cover-encourages-conservative-whining/comment-page-1/#comment-227219 Leslie Parsley Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:21:09 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=11119#comment-227219 Um, sure she doesn't look like a good selection for someone who would be meeting with heads of state? Of ourse she had to approve the photo - where is Brody coming from? I heard a discussion a few months ago that a survey showed that, for the most part, the media was more conservative than liberal. May have come Pew Research. Um, sure she doesn’t look like a good selection for someone who would be meeting with heads of state? Of ourse she had to approve the photo – where is Brody coming from? I heard a discussion a few months ago that a survey showed that, for the most part, the media was more conservative than liberal. May have come Pew Research.

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