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Is This The Scariest Illo of Marion Barry?

Posted by Jason Cherkis on Apr. 20, 2009, at 5:10 pm

From Sunday. You'd think the Examiner could just run a normal photo of Councilmember Marion Barry. Hasn't he been through enough?

Tags: D.C. Examiner, Marion Barry

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1. Kylie April 20th, 2009
   5:22 pm
   #1

   They are crazy to put an ethnic elected official with overdistorted features including bigger lips and exaggerated slopes.

   CRAZY!

2. Hill Rat April 20th, 2009
   6:16 pm
   #2

   Nah, that's much ado about nothing.

3. Karl April 20th, 2009
   6:18 pm
   #3

   I agree with City Desk. I am no Barry fan, but a normal photo would have been more appropriate.

4. Fred April 20th, 2009
   7:05 pm
   #4

   What's an illo?

5. Mike DeBonis April 20th, 2009
   9:28 pm
   #5

   Illo: n. Journoslang for "illustration"

6. J. April 20th, 2009
   10:20 pm
   #6

   Okay - unless your stupid we all know the Examiner is a product of a right wing christian fanatic. Im no fan of Barry but they will never show respect to a liberal elected or non elected official. They got bible on the brain and its disturbing in this day and age.

7. downtown rez April 20th, 2009
   10:41 pm
   #7

   Agree with Karl. It's foolish.

8. Jason Cherkis April 20th, 2009
   10:59 pm
   #8

   I agree with J., the paper's conservative base plays out strong in its national news coverage and editorial page. Just not sure if the bias manifests locally. I think some of their reporters do a good job--a great job even--covering local politics. But, Jaffe's piece on Barry was all rehash and the headline was lame. The illo was really crazy to me.

9. Dave April 20th, 2009
   11:12 pm
   #9

   Can someone explain to me why Washington D.C. needs two right-of-center dailies?

10. Jason Cherkis April 21st, 2009
    12:03 am
    #10

    Dave: Do you know anyone that reads the Washington Times?

11. Jim April 21st, 2009
    6:55 am
    #11

    At least they're not calling his walk a "pimp strut."

12. Fred April 21st, 2009
    7:16 am
    #12

    "Illo: n. Journoslang for “illustration”"

    Or CP speak?

    # Dave Says:
    April 20th, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    Can someone explain to me why Washington D.C. needs two right-of-center dailies?

    To cover the local news. WaPo doesn't do it, and CP cuts and pastes and then comments from other sites (for the most part). I think their politics and hideous grammatical mistakes are there for everyone to see, and I don't agree with them, but who else is gonna cover the local news?

13. Mike DeBonis April 21st, 2009
    12:38 pm
    #13

    Not just CP...

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/illo
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Illo
    http://www.illo.us/

14. Fred April 21st, 2009
    6:51 pm
    #14

    It's weird, creepy anyway.

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