anyone else wondering why Drudge has been in Black and White for almost a week now?

oh weird. so i put in "drudge black white" into google image search hoping to find some of the pix from the last week so i could make a collage of them. and it led me to this article asking why is drudge all black and white on fox?

[link to www.foxnews.com]

wtf?

so it's actually making main stream news? weird.

"But because many of Drudge’s editorial decisions are often shrouded in mystery -- Drudge is notoriously press shy and rarely gives interviews -- many fans of the site are wondering if there is a deeper meaning behind the site's design change.
Speculation on several web forums has included the theory that perhaps the black and white theme is a metaphor for political relations in this country, where there are two extremes with no middle ground.
Others suggest he may simply be returning to the old style of newspapers in simple black and white print.
FoxNews.com reached out to Drudge for comment on the changes, but messages were not immediately returned."

from fox news. bizarre.

and it's from yesterday:

What's Drudge Doing? The Drudge Report's black and white redesign prompts speculation
Published July 11, 2012
FoxNews

and no comments allowed on this? that is also weird. why would fox point this out and then make an article about it where no one can even comment on it to add their speculation?

Last Edited by pink cat on 07/12/2012 12:37 PM

found a post about this:

Thread: Why is Drudge report page in Black and White?

a blog post about it:

[link to althouse.blogspot.com]

excerpt:

"uly 10, 2012
Drudge goes black-and-white with Rahm, Brad Pitt, Uncle Sam, and Obama.
Look. Only Pitt and Rahm are photographs. Obama — like Uncle Sam — is done with artwork. Pretty bad artwork. It looks like a bad drawing, and I'm guessing it was done by computer-processing of a photo. It's funny the way the photographiness of a photo shows through when a drawing is made. Something more timeless and grand is found when the artist draws from life. Of course, there's the usual risk that it won't look like the person. But that's why you need a good artist. Or stick with a regular photo-photo.

Unless you're looking for an odd effect. Perhaps Drudge is trying to say that Obama is drained of life. It might have something to do with the big drained-of-color idea, which does unify the 4 images. There's another processed photo further down on the page: Hugo Chavez. His image has been subjected to posterization — where all shades of gray have been eliminated.

Ah! I said it: shades of grey. Is Drudge hinting that these men have some kind of Christian Grey sadistic power over us? Speaking of photoprocessing, there was this article in the Daily Mail yesterday, imagining Christian Grey as a composite — depicted in shades of gray — of various famous guys, including Brad Pitt (but not Rahm, Uncle Sam, Obama, and Chavez).



Also on the Drudge page, in column 1, under Brad Pitt, is Vladimir Putin. Putin and Pitt are both wearing sunglasses. The Pitt image pushes "Brad Pitt's mom in fear after slamming Obama..." and the Putin image goes to "West is on decline." Chavez is positioned under Uncle Sam, and both of those images include hands — Sam pointing at us (over a warning about taxes and Obama) and Chavez with his hand to his forehead in the position Drudge showed Obama 3 days ago. Obama had his hand like that along with the headline "Barack and Bones: I've Been Eating," and today's Chavez image goes along with an assertion that Chavez is "totally free" of cancer (a likely lie).

The main story, about Rahm ("the Godfather") is about the murder rate spiking in Chicago. Rahm's picture is centered over Uncle Sam and Hugo Chavez, and Rahm's hand is holding his chin in a manner that implies thinking and judgment especially given the intensity of his eyes, looking off to his right. Uncle Sam's eyes are also intense, staring right at us in that accusatory way. As noted above, Pitt and Putin have their eyes covered with sunglasses — shades (Shades of Grey?!). So what might we say about Obama's eyes? I'd say they look up slightly, conveying vague confusion or dreaminess."