Curious juxtaposition of images


On the front page of The New York Times web site, in the Video section, there are (at this moment) two images suspiciously placed side by side. One shows a woman (crying) with her hand covering her face. The other shows a man, head bowed, with his hand covering his face. The caption over the image of the woman reads "Iraqi Exiles in Jordan". The caption over the image of the man reads "Dow Falls 387 Points on Loan Fears".

Does The New York Times editor see some important similarity in these two stories that motivated placing these images side by side? Are we meant to think that the pain of a family exiled, perhaps permanently, from their home is comparable to the "pain" of someone seeing a temporary drop in stock prices?


Posted: Friday - August 10, 2007 at 12:54 AM          

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