Tuesday, April 01, 2008

SOMETHING LIGHTER

The Independent's 'Great Depression of 2008' Photo Is From 2005

Look closely at the photo that The Independent put on its front page to illustrate their story on "USA 2008: The Great Depression." It's currently the top link on Drudge.

Their caption: "Disadvantaged Americans queue for aid in New York."

Here's the actual caption from Getty Images:

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 30: People wait on line to receive donated coats at the kickoff of the 17th annual New York Cares Coat Drive a the Bowery Mission November 30, 2005 in New York City. Bloomberg helped give out coats to residents of the Mission and the coat drive hopes to collect and distribute 80,000 coats to needy New Yorkers by New Years. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Wow. We're in the third year of the Great Depression, apparently.

If the U.S. economic situation were so catastrophically dire, couldn't the editors find a picture of struggling Americans from, you know, this year?

04/01 01:14 PMShare