McCain Photo Controversy
Jill Greenberg was contracted by the atlantic to shoot a picture of John McCain for the magazine’s October 2008 cover. She admitted to deliberately shooting the images to cause McCain to appear unfavorably, by placing a strobe light on the ground in order to make McCain look more sinister. She stated that it was her intention to “stir stuff up.”
Greenberg also posted to her website altered versions of photographs she had taken of McCain showing him in an unfavorable light, including an image of McCain with bleeding vampire teeth with the caption “I am a bloodthirsty warmonger.” Her behavior was described as “incredibly unprofessional” by Jamesx Bennet, the atlantic’s editor.
Greenberg was unapologetic, stating that “it was maybe somewhat irresponsible for [The Atlantic] to hire me.”
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