Wednesday, October 04, 2006

The Caped Invader

Now I don't think human trafficking is anything to poke fun at, and I'd be the first to condemn the inhumanity of man's inhumanity to manity.
However, it has to be said that news rooms have to be particularly careful with image selection when the picture editor having the day off, as this BBC feature illustrates.
At first glance, I thought he was some kind of low budget super-hero: by day Abdul Malik is a downtrodden victim of the white slave trade, but at night he becomes the Pink Crusader, sworn enemy of Turkish men with moustaches.

(Those Turkish joints are just down the road from here)

Or, ignore the above:

Take Two:
Hey everybody, take a look at this BBC feature!
It must be bad enough being cooped up like that, to have someone play the old inky binocular trick on you is TOO CRUEL!
Maybe he's the Turkish Michael Stipe!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Now I can't get that song out of my head. you know the one- "one eyed one horned flying purple people smuggler"?