The Atlantic Tees Off on John McCain – The Apology

We stand by the respectful image of John McCain that we used on our cover, and we expect to be judged by it. We were not aware of the manipulated and dishonest images Jill Greenberg had taken until this past Friday.

When we contract with photographers for portraits, we don’t vet them for their politics—instead, we assess their professional track records. We had never worked with Jill Greenberg before (and, obviously, we will not work with her again). Based on the portraits she had done of politicians like Arnold Schwarzenegger and her work for publications like Time, Wired, and Portfolio, we expected her, like the other photographers we work with, to behave professionally.

Jill Greenberg has obviously not done that. She has, in fact, disgraced herself, and we are appalled by the manipulated images she has created for her Web site of John McCain.

And, yesterday, The Atlantic’s editor went on Fox News and stated that Jill Greenberg had NOT been paid for the photos, would NOT be paid due to contractual issues and The Atlantic was contemplating legal action against her.

Weak Sauce…….especially when you see this CRAP:

Photo from Michelle Malkin

Don’t the editors know who the frak they are hiring at this magazine? Remember Google is your friend.

Flap can hardly wait until Jill Greenberg sues The Atlantic for payment and violating her freedom of speech rights.