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Time puts its foot in it:
War veteran fury as Time magazine replaces flag in famous Iwo Jima photograph with tree for global warming story
Daily Mail, April 18
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=560528&in_page_id=1811
Would be grateful if anyone can post the image of the cover, at the link above or here:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601080428,00.html
Mark
Ottawa
War veteran fury as Time magazine replaces flag in famous Iwo Jima photograph with tree for global warming story
Daily Mail, April 18
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=560528&in_page_id=1811
Furious World War II veterans called for a boycott of one of America's most influential and respected magazines today over a controversial picture on its front cover.
Next week's Time magazine cover is based on the famous shot by war photographer Joe Rosenthal of marines raising the US flag on Iwo Jima during the bloody battle in the Pacific.
But artists have replaced the flag with a tree to illustrate an article about global warming.
As well as the angry veterans, the doctored image has provoked a huge backlash among younger Americans who have been brought up to honour their flag.
Iwo Jim veteran Donald Mates, 81, said: "It's an absolute disgrace.
"Whoever did it is going to hell. That's a mortal sin.
"God forbid he runs into a Marine that was an Iwo Jima survivor."
Mr Mates was badly wounded and saw his best friend die beside him during the 35-day battle in February and March, 1945.
He suffered 30 years of operations to remove all the shrapnel from his body...
Would be grateful if anyone can post the image of the cover, at the link above or here:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601080428,00.html
Mark
Ottawa