REUTERS 'SNIPER' SNAP OF KERRY RAISES EYEBROWS

[rodbarnett]

A photo moved on the REUTERS international wire of presidential candidate John Kerry appears to put the Democrat frontrunner in the bull's-eye of a sniper's periscope!

The controversial snap from the British-based wire immediately raised alarm in newsrooms.

"At the very least, is in extraordinarily bad taste at a time of so many terrorist threats," one top newspaper editor said from Washington. "In my mind this is just unconscionable... we would never publish anything like this."

An official from REUTERS claims the photo is actually candidate Kerry as seen through "a television camera."

The wire explains Kerry was being interviewed by a local television station in Madison, Wisconsin when photographer John Gress captured the image.

"In no way is this photograph meant to convey any threat to Mr. Kerry," a REUTERS official explained.

comment : is this some kind of a "JFK" scare tactic???? I hope not. I can't believe Rove would go so far.

[JNelson6563]

1. Ah so the warnings are more open now

Though I am no fan of Kerry I think we should get secret service detail for him. While he's not my first (or 2nd or 3rd or...) choice, I would be furious if they whacked him too.

Julie

[underpants]

2. Hmm front and center of this highly respected news site

http://www.drudgereport.com/

[Spentastic]

3. Are they going to assasinate his ghost?

What an odd image.

[underpants]

5. Actually it is a picture taken through a TV camera

I saw it the other day on Yahoo news photos.

[UpInArms]

4. not so subliminal message

of Kerry being a "target" by the media?

Exceedingly disturbing imagery.

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Remember Craig Kilborn's "snipers wanted" joke?

During the 2000 campaign, Craig Kilborn flashed a pic of Shrub while a subtitle saying "snipers wanted" appeared underneath. The repugs made a HUUUGE stink about it.

Where the comparable outcry about this picture???

[JI7]

7. do they have to release this ?

i'm pretty sure photographers decide which pictures to release. i don't expect them to only release pictures that make people look good, but this isn't just a picture that makes kerry look bad. the message one can get from it is a scary one. and the freepers love this picture. i saw it on their site first and thought they had edited it to look like that but from this post i find out it's a real picture.

[Ripley]

8. It was a coincidink that it looks like a sniper shot!

Just like all of those "halo" pictures of Smirkaholic were, too!

[DoNotRefill]

9. I've seen reticles on a LOT of scopes...

NONE look remotely like that....

[rodbarnett]

12. this is pretty close

http://www.morovision.com/gallery.htm

[DoNotRefill]

13. There's a difference...

between night vision (the green effect) and the reticle (the "crosshairs").

[bushisanidiot]

10. Repukes Assassinate Candidates They Know They'll Lose To

he should have SS detail, but the SS works for the repukes so we can't trust them to do their jobs either..

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. sniper's periscope?

maybe they are planning to torpedo kerry.

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