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s Africans at their beloved Mandibas memorial
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a photo is a photo, whether I Take it myself or let someone take it and joy is joy, whether I express it in front of a camera or not my opinion is it was not unprofessional for cameras to be used during this event, nor for people to express joy and certainly not for people to express joy in front of a camera,, i'm not sure what the big deal is here either... there are bigger things to worry about than a presidential "selfie"... |
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Canadian leaders taking pictures  Where and when was this taken? According to this, it was taken at the Mandela memorial: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2013/12/10/21327766.html So, it looks like other leaders were doing the same thing. As you can see from the link, there were other similar pictures taken as well. Before the ceremony started. And taken by others not themselves, making a gofey face. The picture quoted here looks like it could be a "selfie." And you're making excuses. It was at the memorial, the same as Obama and the Prime Ministers. It's no different than theirs. |
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Sensationalism at its most hysterical.
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Sensationalism at its most hysterical. could not agree more... |
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Sensationalism at its most hysterical. Yep. |
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This thread makes me giggle Of course patients think I'm crazy for giggling and they don't know why Those who are complaining about the complainers.....it is laughable  Haven't you been complaining about Obama the whole time? I complain about most of this "man who would be King" actions, but this thread is laughable. Of the MANY things (most actually) that he does, this is a non-event, a distraction. The Repulsicon party has lost it as badly as the Demonrats to think this bucket holds water. It does not.. pure distraction from real issues... as I have stated in every post I made in this thread. |
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Photographer Of Obama Selfie: 'I Really Think It's Just Sad'
Catherine TaibiThe Huffington PostDec 16, 2013 The photographer responsible for the Obama "selfie" image is not as happy as one might expect him to be, especially given the fact that his photo has gone viral since it was released last Tuesday. In fact, he finds the whole situation pretty "sad." Agence France-Presse photographer Roberto Schmidt spoke out on Wednesday after his photo of President Obama snapping "selfies" with world leaders at Nelson Mandela's memorial service was released, claiming that the world had completely misinterpreted the picture. But now he is speaking out again, this time saying that the media's interpretation of the photo says more about society than anything else. "I really think it's just sad," Schmidt told NPR on Monday. "I mean, what does that say about our society? Are those the things that we focus on? Sometimes we just get carried away by noise that people make and it just proves it's more and more noise." A Media Matters report showed that cable news networks gave significantly more attention to the "selfie" and Obama's handshake with Cuban President Raul Castro than they did to Mandela's memorial service itself. Schmidt told NPR that he "never, never, never, never" expected the photograph to become what is has. "That's what is a little bit sad about it," he continued. "We put out close to 500 images that day and some of the images are very, very interesting, nice, strong images, showing the celebration for Nelson Mandela. And unfortunately, you know, the picture that got the most front-pages in dailies and websites around the world was the selfie." |
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