Photographs of a Republican presidential candidate have supposedly “stirred outrage” in the States because they are said to have “editorialised the gun violence issue”.
The shoot-from-the-lip pro-guns Texas senator Ted Cruz was pictured by the Associated Press photographer Charlie Neibergall while speaking at a “celebrate the 2nd amendment” event at a shooting range in Iowa at the weekend.*
Conservatives immediately turned on the news agency, which released a statement saying the five photos it issued “were not intended to portray Senator Cruz in a negative light”.
After “consideration”, said the statement, “we have decided to remove those photos from further licensing through AP Images”.
One prominent conservative, Ann Coulter, was unimpressed with AP’s response. She said on Fox News: “That is so outrageous. Don’t insult our intelligence by saying, ‘oh, we didn’t even notice’”.
*I should explain that the image - which has been taken down to comply with AP’s decision to withdraw its licence - pictured Cruz in the foreground with a poster behind him in which a large gun appeared to be aimed at his head.
Sources: E&P/Yahoo/Daily Caller
