NY Times Omits Bush

While some have noticed the "conspicuous absence" of Republicans from 50th anniversary commemoration of the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, one recently prominent member of the GOP did indeed attend.  But as Bizpac Review notes, his presence seems to have been ignored by one of America's leading newspapers.

Former President George W. Bush was the only ex-resident of the White House to show up for events marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement milestone of “Bloody Sunday,” but Americans wouldn’t know that from the front page of the country’s “newspaper of record.” 

The old Gray Lady’s photo capturing the symbolic march of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., left out Bush and his wife, Laura.  [emphasis in original]

The photo centers on the current occupant of the White House, but as WSB-TV showed in their Twitter feed, his immediate predecessor was also in the front row of the marchers.  Whether the NYT chose to focus their pic on the current president or deliberately cropped out the former one is a matter of debate and speculation.  But it does beg the question:  If any other Republicans had made the effort to show up in Selma, would they have been recognized?  Read the full story.

UPDATE:  Also covering this story is The Telegraph.