Post Stages Photo then Reports on Story.

From the comPost correction page via www.OpinionJournal.com

Check out the sixth item in today's Washington Post corrections column:

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In the Oct. 17 Sunday Source, the "Gatherings" story described a Republican
barbecue held to watch a presidential debate. The item reported "the
possibly unprecedented occurrence of a young woman in a cowboy hat
pretending to make out with a poster of Dick Cheney." The item should have
explained that the woman was asked to pose with the vice president's picture
by the photographer working for The Washington Post. The woman also did not
pretend to "make out" with the picture; at the photographer's suggestion,
she pretended to blow a kiss at it. The item should have explained that the
party was hosted in response to a request from The Post, which discussed the
decorations and recipes with the host and agreed to reimburse the cost of
recipe ingredients.

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Now, we know what you're thinking, but c'mon--give the Post a break. Staging
an event and reporting on it at the same time is a lot of work, even for a
great journalistic institution like the Washington Post.

The correction, however, raises one additional question: Just what does it
mean to "pretend to blow a kiss"? Isn't a blown kiss a pretend one by
definition?

Riddle: What's different about comPost photographers staging a photo that puts Republicans in the worst light versus one that puts Israel in the worst light? They would never offer a correction for Israel.