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Los Angeles Times declares its own complete lack of irony

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Tuesday, 17 October 2006

Totally genius front page of the L.A. Times today. Click over and look. It's fantastic.

Above the fold, half of the page is devoted to a color photo of the Gropenator as he strides through Times Square like a commander in a posed photo op.

Below the fold, a teeny picture of his opponent, face partly obscured, his head down on his hand with a look of amused resignation on his face.

The story, believe it or not: an allegedly objective look at -- wait for it, this is fabulous -- how the media is getting used by Schwarzenegger, and how his opponent just can't get a fair break.

Accompanied by a photo of Arnold that is more than eleven times larger by area. And Angelides isn't mentioned by name -- in fact, there's no mention that Arnold even has any political opposition whatsoever -- until the fourth paragraph.

The story continues on page A17. With only one picture -- of Arnold, of course -- and the new headline:

Arnold Staying Front and Center

Well bloody hell yes he is.

I am starting to think that irony got killed by a drunken mob in a bar fight sometime around 2002. Would explain a lot.

UPDATE: And Arnold is crossing diagonally, a form of jaywalking which is a $50 fine for us ordinary civilians. Of course, Der Ubermensch is above such mundane considerations.

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