Wednesday, September 13, 2006

That's RICH, I've gotta tell ya...

Truly. Madly. Despicable.
"Yesterday, Slate posted this piece criticizing Frank Rich's New York Times column about the 9/11 photo shown here. The picture was taken by Magnum photographer Thomas Hoepker on the afternoon of 9/11. Calling the image "shocking," Rich suggested that the five New Yorkers were "relaxing" and were already "mov[ing] on" from the attacks..."

Read the letter from one of the individuals actually IN the image: http://www.slate.com/id/2149578/

Update: Hitchens takes down Rich in another article: http://www.slate.com/id/2149377/?nav=tap3

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