Did Time magazine intentionally undercut its intriguing story about Billy Graham's amazing string of relationships with eleven U.S. presidents by portraying him on the cover as the devil in disguise?
I read the copy that came to our mailbox last week soon after it arrived, and found the story to be both complimentary and sympathetic toward Graham. The only thing I noticed about the cover photo of Graham is that it was an older one, made during his pompadour days.
I didn't realize until I glanced through Tuesday's newspaper that the cover had stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest.
At least one conservative blogger noticed that the points of the "M" in "Time" sprouted like horns from Graham's head, and smelled a liberal conspiracy.
Give me a break.
I can make out the image they see, once the points have been pointed out, though they look more like Batman ears than devil horns to me. And, since Graham is in profile, if you assume the "M points" are horns, it would appear that one juts from the crown of his head while the other sticks out of the back.
I suppose it's possible that someone in Time's graphic arts department may have been having a little fun, but it's hard to believe the magazine's editors would have been twisted enough to purposefully portray a horned Graham ... unless the devil made them do it.
7 comments:
Hi Steve,
For personal suggestions (such as this seems to be), please email me directly and include an email address by which I can respond to you privately.
Thanks,
Tony
Tony,
I saw the magazine cover and laughed. Nah, I don't think it's some left-wing, editorial staff driven conspiracy; but it was funny to look at. If time wanted to to take shots at Billy Graham, then they would write about it. They don't seem to be all that craven. I think they would be up front about it.
Tim Dahl
Tony,
I like the idea of Billy Graham being "Batman" -- Crusader for Justice, and all that!
:-)
Georganne
Tony:
My suggestion about Snyder has made a relative of mine livid and he has for all practical purposes demanded I take my original notice down.
I took your future reference suggesting email to mostly pertain to the explicit suggestions about covering some key texts in some recent books.
Blogging can be good for the family.
The exchange is a thread on Snyder Memorial at Baptistlife.com
Never did I imagine I had crossed the line into sadism and compulsive narcissistic disorder.
Such, I imagine are the perils of blogging and commenting.
Sfox
Still want to tell you my Dad's story sometime STewart Newman and Lolley loved so much. Gave Lolley some laughs during all his trials AT SEBTS
I wouldn't have noticed, except that someone thinking this was a left-wing conspiracy pointed it out.
Don't you just know that some of the same people who are seething over this would see it as some kind of a sign from heaven if it were Bill or Hillary Clinton in the picture with the points of the M over their head? Gee, there were people who saw devil faces in the smoke rising from the WTC on September 11.
Well, considering the horns can only be seen from the side as in the picture...we are left with only one conclusion.
The editors did not seek to portray Graham as Satan the Devil, but rather as Sonic the Hedgehog from the video games! :-)
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