There was a lot of wailing last week about photos of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's perp walk (top). How unfair for newspapers to publish pictures that make him look guilty! Now I wonder--if that's a problem, what about showing him looking like a perfectly nice man on the way to a business meeting (bottom)? There he is, looking confident as he's transferred to a $50,000 a month rental, where he will await trial on rape charges. Surely his accuser has a right to be presumed honest, but the perf walk gives us the impression she made it all up. I say: fair is fair. No complaining about one picture unless you also object to the other.
Unless there's a presumption of innocence?
ReplyDeleteThe perp walk picture is troubling because of the presumption that DSK is innocent. The perf walk picture is troubling because of the presumption that the accuser is honest. Both pictures tell a story--one against DSK, the other against the alleged victim.
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ReplyDeleteHere's a picture of DSK that says it all. The best one yet.
HILARIOUS!!!!!!!
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