Saturday, May 10, 2003

I can't reproduce this for you, but the Republican Party arranged a photo op on Thursday that served, among other things, to help Rick Santorum reposition himself as "inclusive" -- and the print edition of The New York Times dutifully ran just the photo the GOP wanted.

The photo ran in yesterday's A section, accompanying this article about a Republican pleadge to spend nearly $1 million to refurbish the D.C. home of Frederick Douglass. GOP legislators went to Douglass's home and, what do you know, Senator Santorum just happened to be the most visible pol in Stephen Cowley's Times photo. Feel free to conclude that this was just a happy coincidence -- I don't.

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