Images of May Day
Michelle Malkin helpfully posted some pictures from Monday's May Day celebration (stinkin' commies).
Some personal observations: It appears that the guys who usually do the landscaping around my condo complex had the day off. On the other hand, there was a guy doing landscaping at the 7-Eleven I stopped at Monday morning.
One of my colleagues at work was dismayed (read: angered) to discover that Rubio's, a Southern California chain famous for their fish tacos, had closed Monday. He was able to get his Mexican food fix at a nearby Sombreros, and we both noticed that all of the -bertos (Jilbertos, Humbertos, Albertos) places appeared to be open. My colleague is seriously considering boycotting Rubios for about 2 years.
While Malkin and other bloggers were posting inflammatory pictures from the rallies, I was curious about the images that newspapers would put on their front pages. Thanks to the Newseum, I've got quite a few front pages. Check them out after the jump.
[Warning: the files are large and may take awhile to load on a dial-up connection]
One thing to realize is that, unlike TV which can show a wide variety of images quickly and easily, newspapers have the difficult job of choosing a handful of compelling images to put on the front page for a story like this. But the image can't be just compelling, it's also got to be an accurate representation of what is going on.
I've mentioned before that during my junior year at Cal Poly SLO, the Mustang Daily sent out a photographer and reporter to cover a pro-life demonstration on Sunday afternoon. Thousands of pro-lifers lined SLO's main thoroughfare for miles holding signs and hands. The story the next day featured photos and extensive quotes from less than a dozen pro-choice counterprotesters.
Keeping those two facts in mind, let's take a look at the front pages:
The Contra Costa Times -- not a Mexican Flag in sight. Is this an accurate representation?
The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin is a Los Angeles Area paper. Two U.S. flags on the front (not counting the one in the nameplate). They are both very good images, but do they tell Monday's story?
The Los Angeles Times does better than the other two, at least you see some Mexican flags here and there.
The Orange County Register. This is one of the better ones in that it really does tell the story just through the images.
This is the paper that I work at. I think this is definitely an above average job of selecting photos -- definitely top tier when compared to other papers.
The rhyming inspired me: "Millions more say no. You all gotta go"
San Jose Mercury News. Ho Hum.
San Luis Obispo Tribune. There were more than just American flags.
Denver Post. Mostly American flags, except for a close-up of one person wearing a Mexican flag as a mask.
Miami Herald. Wow, some Argentine flags.
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World.
Lansing (Mich.) State Journal.
Santa Fe New Mexican. An oddity, not a flag in sight.
Newsday (N.Y.) If you look really closely you may see a Mexican flag. Maybe.
The Register Guard (Eugene, Ore.).
I saved this one for last just because I love the headline.
That's right, the Herald Times Reporter went out and found Wisconsin's only undocumented worker. Fascinating story, I'm sure.
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