Extra! Revisits "Bulgegate"

Remember "Bulgegate", the incident in the first presidential debate where a rear shot of Bush showed a mysterious outline protruding from his jacket? the internet community was rampant with speculation all seeming to point to some sort of receiver that was feeding the intellectually and discourse challenged Bush responses. That would seem to explain why his campaign demanded TV cameras be barred from taking rear shots of the candidates during any debates (ironically ignored by the Fox pool camera), and his uncomfortably long pauses before and during his answers. The Bush campaign waved off the accusations as "conspiracy theories", and the mainstream pressed showed little interest. Well, as reported in The Emperor's New Hump by Dave Lindorff in the January/February issue of Extra!, it seems that three investigative reporters for the New York Times had prepared a detailed, scientific study of the debate photograph with the help of a photo image specialist from JPL, which was killed by senior editors. Another example of a new journalistic style that the Times has recently created: Investigative Non-Reporting.