Distortion of Reality? : "Punk for Peace" photograph draws fire

When the Ssacramento Bee showed its choice of photograph to accompany a story about a peaceful anti-war demonstration, some readers claim that they were showing their pro-war bias. On January 19, 1991, several hundred people in Sacramento took part in a peaceful demonstration. Though the story noted that the protest was peopled by many middle-class attorney, social workers, etce, the Sacramento Bee showed the picture of a a young man wearing a "Punk for Peace" shirt who had decorated his face like a death mask with bullets and cartridges. Critics said the picture misrepresented the reality of the event to the newspaper's readers.