When Newsweek chose to print an article on Michelle Bachmann ad feature her on the cover, it there was no need for them to deliberately make the lady look crazy by choosing the most unflattering shot known to man. It undermines the principles of journalism being the act of reporting.
The woman has plenty of choice quotes that, even in context do the job of expressing her questionable intellect and knowledge of her own ass much less the American country she hopes to lead one day. The picture drew all the attention away from her policy and turned it all toward a picture that will rally her people against this kind of bias.
I'm no fan of Bachmann, in fact I feel ashamed that of all the women in the field of politics today, most of them just are not the brightest tools in the shed. I have my disagreements with Hilary Clinton and Condi Rice, but at the very least I can be assured that they have a good deal of understanding of the world and capable of at least arguing their different stances without sounding like one of those talking Barbie dolls that spew random vapid comments at the push of a button.
However, printing that picture is counterproductive and lacking any substance. Run an article about some of her comments over the past several years as well as her campaign platforms. If she's nuts (I personally am not sure on that one, but she certainly is not presidential material) then her words and actions should speak for itself in the article.
I mean.... she has some classic non-sequitur comments such as "I want the people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back." Such ill fitting combination of different issues is damn near a trademark for her and are quite amusing even if you know the actual meaning.
And of course you have ones such as "we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States," which is initially amusing until the realization hits you that she would have likely failed the third grade history question on 'Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader.' It's even more absurd given that much of her platform seems to invoke the founding fathers, (which as we all were reminded recently includes John Adams, but NOT John Quincy Adams).
Sure there are those who will say that using such quotes repeatedly by the media is their attempt to marginalize her attempts to reign in big government and is somehow part of a liberal conspiracy, but she said it and it is thus fair game. I'd be willing to buy an occasional slip in speech as we are ultimately human, but she is pretty consistency contributing to her own quotes reel and it can't help but make a lot of people question how in the hell she managed to get a law degree.
A picture is worth a thousand words. A poorly angled shot front and center pretty much negates any meaning the words had and shifted all the talk away from all the reasons this woman is horrifically unqualified to become president.
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