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The Blog for Sunday, August 07, 2005

Katherine's Colorization Claims

    Scott Maxwell wants Harris to back up her colorization claims:
    Katherine Harris, the Sarasota congresswoman who wants to be Florida's next Republican senator, blamed her image problems on newspapers last week. Specifically, she said they have doctored her photos to make it look like she was wearing more makeup than she actually does. ...

    Now, ignoring the fact that such a move would involve an awful lot of colorization, Harris and her staff have subsequently not been able to cite a single example of an altered photo. ...

    She may have valid points that people unfairly hit her for her image (though let's be honest: her critics have a laundry list of other complaints). But this is specifically about Harris making an accusation that would get most any newspaper person fired if proven true. Yet, with thousands of pictures of her that have run in hundreds of newspapers, she can't cite a single one that proves her point.

    Apparently, this wasn't the first time Harris made such allegations. In a January interview with The Associated Press, she said: "The jokes about my appearance -- it's the computer-enhanced photos. It was like in a comic strip. They actually had blue eye shadow on front pages of newspapers and I haven't had blue eye shadow since Girl Scouts in seventh grade."
    Put up or shut up.

    Update: "Harris' colorful theories" ("So which newspapers turned the former secretary of state into Cruella De Vil? She couldn't name one. Of course not. Normally, we'd ask Rep. Harris to put up or shut up, but maybe the fact that the state Republican Party tried to find a challenger will persuade her that sometimes it's better just to shut up.")

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